Umar Khalid sent to 14-day judicial custody in northeast Delhi riots case

A Delhi court on Sunday sent former Jawaharlal Nehru University student activist Umar Khalid to judicial custody for 14 days in a case related to the violence that rocked Northeast Delhi in February, reported PTI. The case is related to the riots in Khajuri Khas area.

Metropolitan Magistrate Dev Saroha asked the jail superintendent to provide adequate security to Khalid. In an application filed through his counsel advocate Trideep Pais, Khalid had sought adequate security in prison so that he is not harmed by anyone in judicial custody.

A case of rioting was registered at the Khajuri Khas Police Station in which 15 people, including suspended Aam Aadmi Party Party Party Councillor Tahi Hussain, were arrested. The court had earlier sent Khalid to police custody for three days in the case.