New Delhi: A Delhi court has sent JNU student Sharjeel Imam to judicial custody till 1 October in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi in February.
Arrested by the Special Cell of Delhi Police on 25 August, Imam has been booked under the stringent anti-terror law the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, for allegedly being part of a premeditated conspiracy in connection to the riots during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Additional sessions judge Amitabh Rawat sent Imam to judicial custody after he was produced before the court at the end of his three-day custodial interrogation.
Communal clashes had broken out in north-east Delhi on 24 February leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.