JNU student Sharjeel Imam was arrested from Bihar's Jehanabad on January 28 for allegedly making inflammatory speeches at the Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi and in Aligarh.
In a drastic move, the Mumbai Police on Monday slapped sedition charges against at least 51 persons who joined a rally here on Saturday and allegedly raised slogans in favour of sedition accused JNU student Sharjeel Imam, an official said.
According to the poster, Sharjeel Imam was planning to call a protest for which he requested the Muslim students of JNU to join the agitation
Following his controversial video after which police of different states launched an operation to nab him, JNU student Sharjeel Imam started searching for a safe haven to evade arrest and he found it near his home in Bihar.
BJP MLA Sangeet Som demanded that individuals such as Sharjeel Imam should be “shot dead” publicly. He expressed his vehement opposition to people who were against the integrity of India.
Hitting out at JNU student Sharjeel Imam over his 'cut off Assam from India' remark, Shiv Sena has said that he has 'beheaded the Muslim community' with his provocative statements and adding that his hands should be cut off.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam was arrested from Bihar after police teams from Bihar and Delhi had conducted multiple raids in different parts of the country to nab him. Imam has expressed no remorse over his arrest.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam has been sent to 5-day police custody. As per reports, a Delhi court has sent Sharjeel Imam to a 5-day custody under Delhi Police Crime Branch.
Anti-CAA activist Sharjeel Imam, who was arrested by the Delhi Police's Crime Branch from Bihar's Jehanabad in a sedition case, has been produced in the Patiala House court on Wednesday.
Imam was arrested on Tuesday for making allegedly inflammatory speeches at the Jamia Millia Islamia University here and in Aligarh.
JNU student Sharjeel Imam who has been slapped with sedition charges is being brought to Delhi after he was arrested from Bihar's Jehanabad following his 'cut off Assam from India' remark during anti-CAA protests.
Trying to destabilise a government established by law has serious connotations. If one is trying to destabilise the government, it may mean that you are trying to destroy a system in place. System governed by democratic principles.
Sharjeel Imam is a PhD student at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University. Imam has serious charges including sedition registered against him. The 31-year-old student is pursuing his PhD in modern Indian history. Imam graduated in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay.
As the hunt is on to nab former JNU student Sharjeel Imam, police has said that they will take action against people-entities if they are found sheltering him since he has been booked under sedition.
JNU student and co-coordinator of Shaheen Bagh protests Sharjeel Imam's brother has been detained in Bihar amid police raids being already conducted to nab the former JNU student over his 'cut of Assam from India' statement.
The Delhi Police Crime Branch is conducting raids at multiple locations in Mumbai, Patna, and Delhi to arrest Sharjeel Imam, the co-ordinator of Shaheen Bagh protests.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday condemned the remarks of JNU student Sharjeel Imam, who had controversially appealed to anti-CAA protestors to cut-off Assam from the rest of India
The Delhi Police on Sunday registered an FIR against JNU student Sharjeel Imam under section 153 for making provocative remarks.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday lashed out at JNU student Sharjeel Imam's statement and suggested that those supporting Shaheen Bagh protests should be ashamed.
In a viral video recorded on Jan 16, Imam can he heard inciting the crowd at Shaheen Bagh that their “aim” must be to cut-off Assam from the rest of the country
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