During anti-CAA protests, Umar Khalid spoke at a meeting organised by his father Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas's party Welfare Party of India where he allegedly told Bangladeshis to protest against CAA.
The intelligence agencies are keeping a close watch on Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, who had past association with outlawed outfit SIMI, and was allegedly involved in anti-CAA protests