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Home / News / India News / Jamia violence: Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition for 'abetting riots'
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    Jamia violence: Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition for 'abetting riots'

    Siddhant Pandey
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    Last updated on Apr 19, 2020, 12:53 am
    Jamia violence: Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition for 'abetting riots'
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University PhD student Sharjeel Imam has been slapped with sedition charges in the Jamia Millia Islamia December violence case.

    The sedition charges were brought up in a supplementary chargesheet filed by the Delhi Police in the Jamia case.

    The police has accused Imam of "instigating and abetting the Jamia riots" on December 15 with a speech he had made two days before.

  • In this article
    Imam booked for sedition, promoting enmity 'Imam delivered seditious speech on December 13, instigated Jamia riots' On December 15, violence broke out in Jamia Nagar, NFC Imam was arrested from Bihar in January
  • Details

    Imam booked for sedition, promoting enmity

    Imam booked for sedition, promoting enmity
  • According to The Indian Express, the supplementary chargesheet against Imam has been filed in continuation with an earlier chargesheet, filed by a Special Investigation Team led by Rajesh Deo.

    The chargesheet listed charges under Sections 124A and 153A (Sedition and promoting enmity between classes) of the Indian Penal Code.

    It was filed in the Saket District Court on Friday.

  • Allegations

    'Imam delivered seditious speech on December 13, instigated Jamia riots'

  • Additional PRO (Delhi Police) Anil Mittal said, "In case FIR no. 242/19 PS NFC, Sharjeel Imam has been accused of instigating and abetting the Jamia riots, due to his seditious speech delivered on December 13 last year," TIE reported.

    Mittal added, "During the investigation, on the basis of evidence collected, Sections 124 A and 153 A of the IPC were invoked in the case."

  • Jamia violence

    On December 15, violence broke out in Jamia Nagar, NFC

    On December 15, violence broke out in Jamia Nagar, NFC
  • The chargesheet took note of the "serious riots" that broke out in New Friends Colony and Jamia Nagar on December 15. A case was registered in both the police stations.

    The violence took place after protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act at Jamia Millia Islamia.

    It witnessed "large scale rioting, stone-pelting, and arson," the police said, and "destroyed many public and private properties."

  • History

    Imam was arrested from Bihar in January

    Imam was arrested from Bihar in January
  • Imam also faces sedition charges by the Assam and Uttar Pradesh Police over a January 16 anti-CAA speech he made at the Aligarh Muslim University. There are three other cases filed against him.

    He was arrested from the Kako village in Bihar's Jehanabad district in January.

    He was produced before a Jehanabad court and then taken on transit remand to Delhi.

  • Delhi Police
  • Assam
  • Jawaharlal Nehru University
  • Aligarh Muslim University
  • Special Investigation Team
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