New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police on Wednesday named fifteen people as accused in charge sheet filed over the violence that took place in national capital in February this year. Communal violence over the centre’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) had erupted in Delhi between groups supporting and opposing the law that promised citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from three neighbouring countries, widely seen as discriminatory.
The charge sheet filed by Delhi police special cell at Karkardooma Court is over 10,000 pages. The fifteen people named in the charge sheet has been accused under sections of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, IPC and Arms Act. The charge sheet filed by police on Wednesday does not name Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam as accused in Delhi riots case.
The charge sheet in Delhi riots case filed today does not have names of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam as accused. As they were arrested a few days ago, their names will be in the supplementary charge sheet. https://t.co/T1TW52yXdg
— ANI (@ANI) September 16, 2020
“Conspirators planned the riots while middle ring of leaders at the area level executed the plan through the foot soldiers,” the police said.
The charge sheet includes the name of the following persons:
1- Tahir Hussain
2- Muhammad Parvez Ahmed
3- Muhammad Ilyas
4- Saifi Khalid
5- Ishrat Jahan
6- Miran Haider
7- Safoora Jargar
8- Asif Iqbal Tanha
9- Shadab Ahmed
10- Natasha Narwal
11- Devangana Kalita
12- Taslim Ahmed
13- Salim Malik
14- Muhammad Salim Khan
15- Athar Khan
