Sharjeel Imam Sourced by The TelegraphDelhi police charged former JNU student Sharjeel Imam with sedition before a court here on Saturday, alleging his speech promoted enmity between people that led to riots in the Jamia Millia Islamia University area. The mob indulged in large-scale rioting, stone-pelting and arson, and in the process destroyed many public and private properties. In the New Friends Colony case, Imam was arrested for instigating and abetting the Jamia riots, due to his seditious speech delivered on December 13, 2019. Delhi police had also booked him for an "inflammatory" speech on the Jamia campus. Another case was filed against Imam in Assam under the stringent anti-terror law for his remark that Assam could be "severed from India, even if for a few months" as a result of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Source: The Telegraph April 18, 2020 07:30 UTC