SC requests Delhi HC for early hearing of plea on Jamia violence soon
The petitioner approached the high court against Delhi Police officials for allegedly attacking the students of the JMI University on December 15 2019.
The petitioner approached the high court against Delhi Police officials for allegedly attacking the students of the JMI University on December 15 2019.
Moin is posted at the Department of Civil Engineering in the university while the two others, identified as Prakhar Pawar and Abid Khan, are employees of Vyom Architect.
Zargar who was arrested on April 10, is in her 23rd week of pregnancy and has been kept in the overcrowded Tihar jail amidst coronavirus pandemic.
AISA president N Sai Balaji said it is shameful that a time when the number of coronavirus cases has crossed 1.65 lakh in the country, the government is targeting student leaders.
Asif's arrest comes after Delhi Police arrested 27-year-old Jamia Scholar Safoora Zargar last month, who is now in the second trimester of her pregnancy.
A 48-second video, which appears to be a CCTV footage and was released by the Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC), purportedly shows some 7-8 police personnel entering the library and beating up students with batons.
The Election Commission on Thursday approved the extension of Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik’s tenure by one month ahead of the Assembly elections in Delhi due on February 8.
The 17-year-old, a class 11 student from Uttar Pradesh, had reportedly bought the countrymade pistol a few days ago and had been planning to attack a protest against the citizenship law.
Tensions in the Jamia area spiralled on Thursday after a man fired a pistol at a group of anti-CAA protesters, injuring a student before being overpowered by the police.
The Jamia Coordination Committee (JCC) had organised a protest march against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), from Jamia to Raj Ghat.
