While the New York Times reporter Suhasini Raj lamented that ‘political activist’ Umar Khalid is languishing in jail since his arrest 14th September 2020 for his alleged involvement in anti-Hindu Delhi riots that broke out on 24th of February that year, she did not delve into why there has been an inordinate delay in his hearings.
Delhi Police submitted in court that Delhi riots were a result of a deep-rooted conspiracy hatched after the Citizenship Amendment Bill was introduced in Parliament on December 4, 2019.
Meeran Haider was a PhD student at Jamia Millia Islamia University. He was arrested in April 2020 in connection with rioting and criminal conspiracy related to the anti-Hindu riots in northeast Delhi. Haider made some shocking revelations regarding the anti-Hindu riots that Islamists carried out in February.
The court noted that Hussain's plea did not clarify how the statements would benefit his defence, stating that it was neither necessary nor desirable to call for the witness statements as requested.