New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi Police probing Delhi riots arrested a member of Jamia Coordination Committee, a group comprising students and alumni from the varsity, under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, on Monday (April 27). Shafir Rehman, who also happens to be a member of Jamia Alumni Association, has been accused of alleged conspiracy in the communal violence that rocked the northeast district of the national capital in February this year.
Earlier on April 21, the police had charged Jamia Milia Islamia students Meeran Haider and Safoora Zargar under the stringent UAPA.
Till now at least nine persons have been arrested by Delhi Police under UAPA in Delhi riots case. Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid is also under the scanner of the police in connection with the riots, however, it remains unclear if he has been charged under the UAPA.
Bureau Report
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