Anti-CAA protest: Arrested SIO leaders granted bail
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New Delhi: SIO leaders arrested in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh in connection with the anti-CAA protests were granted bail on Thursday.
The court which considered bail plea of Asif Tanha, SIO leader of Jamia Millia criticized that the Delhi Police’s action in the cases related to violence in north east Delhi was unilateral.
It is after two months of arrest that Umer Khalid, SIO leader of Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh are being granted bail.
Meanwhile, two students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were booked by police on Thursday for allegedly posting "inappropriate content" on social media on the occasion of Eid.
Farhan Zuberi and Ravish Ali Khan, who led the anti-CAA protests in the campus, have been booked under sections 153A (promoting disharmony, enmity or feelings of hatred between different groups on the grounds of religion) and 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) of IPC, and Section 66D of the IT Act.
Earlier Patiala House Court had strongly criticized the investigation team against extending the remand period of Asif Tanha, student leader in Jamia Millia, who was denied bail twice.