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JNU Student Sharjeel Imam Charge-Sheeted for Seditious Speech

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Delhi Police on Saturday filed a supplementary charge-sheet against Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Sharjeel Imam for giving "seditious speech" and "abetting riots" on December 15 in Jamia last year.

The case was filed in Saket court.

"Sahrjeel Imam was arrested for instigating and abetting the Jamia riots, due to his seditious speech delivered on December 13, 2019. During the investigation on the basis of evidence collected, section 124 A IPC, 153 A IPC was invoked in the case," ANI quoted Delhi Police as saying.

The charge sheet was a continuation of an earlier one which was filed last December against rioters. Delhi Police said that riots broke last year as a result of the "protest march organized by Jamia students against the Citizenship Amendment Act in New Friends Colony area and Jamia in December last year.