Delhi Riots Accused Khalid Saifi Moves Court Seeking Treatment After Falling Sick Inside Jail, Medical Report Called

United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi, presently under judicial custody in a larger conspiracy case into the 2020 Delhi riots, has moved a city Court seeking urgent relief of medical treatment, after falling sick inside Jail.

Saifi has moved an application before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, seized of the trial, for medical tests and treatment. The Court was informed that Saifi was having high fever, high sugar and diarrhea and thus, medical report be called urgently.

Accordingly, the Court called for medical report while posting the matter for hearing on July 27.

"Let medical report be called from the concerned Jail Superintendent for 27.07.2022. Copy of this order alongwith application be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for information and compliance," the Court ordered.

The FIR against Saifi contains stringent charges including Sections 13, 16, 17, 18 of the UAPA, Sections 25 and 27 of the Arms Act and Section 3 and 4 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act,1984. The accused are also charged under various offences mentioned under the Indian Penal Code, 1860.

He was denied bail by city's Karkardooma Court in the matter on April 8 this year. Saifi had then moved the High Court seeking bail, which is pending adjudication.

Main chargesheet was filed against Pinjara Tod members and JNU students Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, Jamia Millia Islamia student Asif Iqbal Tanha and student activist Gulfisha Fatima.

Others who were charge-sheeted included former Congress Councilor Ishrat Jahan, Jamia Coordination Committee members Safoora Zargar, Meeran Haider and Shifa-Ur-Rehman, suspended AAP Councilor Tahir Hussain, Umar Khalid, Shadab Ahmed, Tasleem Ahmed, Salim Malik, Mohd Salim Khan and Athar Khan.

Thereafter, a supplementary chargesheet was filed against former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the alleged larger conspiracy in the communal violence in northeast Delhi.