Student leader Umar Khalid on Thursday claimed the Delhi police have “fabricated evidence” to implicate him in a ‘larger conspiracy’ case pertaining to the 2020 riots in north-east Delhi.
Mr. Khalid made the submission before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts, who is hearing the case that is at the stage of framing of charges.
Mr. Khalid’s counsel, senior advocate Trideep Pais, said the FIR lodged by the Delhi police has no basis as there is no document or witness against his client. He added that Mr. Khalid was not present during the commission of the offence for which he has been booked.
‘Reverse engineering’
Terming it ‘reverse engineering’, the senior advocate said the police had “first decided whom to implicate and then found ways to justify the same”.
