JNU student Sharjeel Imam arrested by Delhi Police in sedition case
First Published: 28th January, 2020 21:02 IST
Sedition accused JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who stoked controversy with his ‘cut off Assam from India’ remark, was arrested by a team of Delhi Police from Bihar’s Jehanabad on Tuesday.
Sedition accused JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who stoked controversy with his ‘cut off Assam from India’ remark, was arrested by a team of Delhi Police from Bihar’s Jehanabad on Tuesday.
#BREAKING | Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam arrested by Delhi police from Jahanabad in Bihar.
Sharjeel, who had been on the run since the past few days, had earlier threatened to cut-off Assam from the rest of India.(File Pic) pic.twitter.com/dsDmWVkUXS
— Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) January 28, 2020
Earlier in the day, Jehanabad Police had detained Sharjeel’s younger brother Muzammil Imam. The Crime Branch of Delhi Police on Sunday booked Sharjeel for his controversial speech that he allegedly made a few days ago.
He has been slapped with charges of sedition and inciting enmity between communities under Sections 124A, 153A and 505 of the Indian Penal Code.
A case has been registered separately against him by the Uttar Pradesh Police for his controversial speech delivered during the students’ protest at Aligarh Muslim University on January 16 against the Citizenship Amendment Act and National Register of Citizens.
A series of videos have gone viral on social media in which Sharjeel Imam is heard saying: “If we all come together, then we can separate the Northeast from India”.
Arunachal Pradesh police has also registered a case against the former JNU student at Crime Branch police station in state capital Itangar on Sunday.
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