indiaUpdated: Sep 14, 2020 01:16 ISTDelhi Police arrested former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for instigating the North-East Delhi riots that broke out in February this year. “Khalid was one of the main conspirators of riots in which 53 persons died and over 400 were injured,” special cell of Delhi Police said after the arrest. According to the police, Khalid had planned the riots with former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain. Khalid was charged with sedition and arrested in February 2016 too, for allegedly shouting anti-India slogans inside the JNU campus along with former student union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others. “We arrested Umar Khalid late Sunday night,” said a senior police officer associated with the probe, requesting not to be named.

Source: Hindustan Times September 13, 2020 18:58 UTC