Umar Khalid admits his involvement in fueling anti-Hindu, anti-CAA riots

The Delhi police on December 30, 2020 filed a charge-sheet against radical Islamist Umar Khalid, accusing him of conspiring to fuel the riots in the national capital, besides making anti-national speeches and inciting Muslim mob to unleash riots on the streets of Delhi.

Umar Khalid has himself admitted in his statement that he played a major role in organising anti-CAA groups, mobilising Muslims against the law, by asserting that the new law was “against Muslims” and had also planned to involve women and children in the ‘Chakka Jam’.

The Delhi Police Crime Branch, in its charge-sheet, alleged that Umar Khalid, along with other accused Khalid Saifi and former AAP leader Tahir Hussain, organised a meeting in Shaheen Bagh on January 8 to plan the violence.

It is to be noted that Umar Khalid was arrested by the police on September 14, for his alleged involvement in the north-east Delhi riots.