Former student arrested over Delhi riots, to activists' fury

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NEW DELHI: Indian police arrested a former student leader on Monday (Sep 14) for his alleged role in deadly riots in the capital New Delhi earlier ...

FILE PHOTO: This photograph taken late on Feb 23, 2016 shows Indian student activist Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya walking through the campus of New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University on their way to surrendering to Indian authorities. NEW DELHI: Indian police arrested a former student leader on Monday for his alleged role in deadly riots in the capital New Delhi earlier this year, to the anger of rights activists.

"The fairytale narrative that has been spinning, criminalising protests in the garb of investigating riots, find yet another victim," the statement said. Kunal Kamra, a high-profile comedian and activist, said in a tweet he was"shattered, broken, helpless and tired" after Khalid's arrest.The Hindu-Muslim riots in February followed several months of protests - some of which turned violent - against a new citizenship law that critics say discriminates against India's minority Muslims.

 

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