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Parliament house lights up in Blue light to bring the spot-

light on climate change and the impact of coViD-19 on
children on the occasion of world children’s Day in New

Delhi on Friday. (ANi)

delHi Riot CASe

COurt extends CustOdy Of

umar KHalid, sHarjeel imam
Gold SMUGGlinG CASe

nia searCHes 5 lOCatiOns in Delhi Court on Friday According to Delhi Police,
extended the judicial the present case pertains to a

Kerala A custody of Jawaharlal multi-layered conspiracy and
Nehru University (JNU) schol- pre-planned riots in Delhi.
ar Umar Khalid and research Police have submitted that
ational Investigation P. and Muhammed Mansoor. scholar Sharjeel Imam, till No- on March 6, specific informa-
Agency (NIA) on Fri- These accused persons con- vember 23, in connection with tion was received in the Crime
Nday conducted search- spired with the already arrested communal violence in North- Branch that the communal riot
es at five locations in Kerala in accused and facilitated smug- East Delhi. during February 23-26, 2020 in
connection with the gold smug- gling of gold through import The duo was produced be- Delhi were pre-planned and the
gling case. cargo addressed to the UAE fore the court from Tihar Jail same was hatched by one Umar
“Today (20.11.2020), NIA Consulate General, and its dis- through video conferencing. Khalid a former student of JNU,
conducted searches at five lo- posal, the agency said. Additional Sessions Judge Ami- and his associates, all linked
cations in Mallapuram and The NIA in the statement tabh Rawat while extending the with different-different groups.
Kozhikode districts of Kerala said, during searches, several judicial custody also informed “As per pre-planned con-
in the Kerala Gold Smuggling electronic items and documents that Delhi Police is going to file spiracy, the accused Umar Kha-
Case pertaining to seizure of 30 have been seized. So far, 21 ac- a charge-sheet in the case in the lid gave provoking speeches at
Kg gold worth Rs. 14.82 Crores cused have been arrested in the next 1-2 days. various places and appealed
on 5th July, 2020 at Trivandrum case. Further investigation in Sharjeel Imam and Umar the Muslim minority communi-
International Airport from the the case is continued. Khalid were arrested by Del- ty gathering to block roads and
baggage addressed to the UAE The NIA registered a case hi Police for their alleged role other public places during the
Consulate at Thiruvananthapu- after the seizure of 30 kilo- in the communal violence that visit of US President Donald
ram,” read a press statement grams of gold worth Rs 14.82 took place in North-East Delhi Trump on February 24-25, so
from the NIA. The searches crore on July 5 this year at in the month of February this that propaganda may be flashed
were conducted at the residenc- Trivandrum International year. Both are also booked un- at an international platform
es of five accused persons viz. Airport from the baggage ad- der the Unlawful Activities Pre- that the Muslim minority in In-
Mohamed Aslam, Abdul Lath- dressed to the UAE Consulate vention Act (UAPA) by the Spe- dia are being tortured,” the po-
eef, Nazarudheen Sha, Ramzan in Thiruvananthapuram. cial Cell of Delhi Police. lice said.

‘loVe JiHAd’

a wOrd manufaCtured By BjP, says rajastHan Cm

ajasthan Chief Minis- is a word manufactured by the consenting adults would be at discriminating against citizens
ter Ashok Gehlot on BJP to divide the nation and the mercy of state power. Mar- on any ground”.
RFriday alleged that disturb communal harmony. riage is a personal decision Earlier, Uttar Pradesh
“Love Jihad” is a word man- Marriage is a matter of and they are putting curbs on Chief Minister Yogi Aditya-
ufactured by the Bhratiya Ja- personal liberty, bringing a it, which is like snatching away nath said his government will
nata Party (BJP) to divide the law to curb it is completely personal liberty,” he said in bring a strict law to curb “love
nation and disturb communal unconstitutional and it will another tweet. jihad” and forcible religious
harmony. not stand in any court of law. Gehlot said it seemed to be conversion, citing an Alla-
Taking to Twitter, he said Jihad has no place in love,” a “ploy to disrupt communal habad High Court order.
that marriage is a personal Gehlot tweeted. harmony, fuel social conflict
decision and the BJP is put- “They are creating an en- and disregard constitutional (with ANI reports)
ting curbs on it. “Love Jihad vironment in the nation where provisions like the state not

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