Opposing the bail plea of ​​Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, Gulfisha Fatima, Meena Haider and other accused in the Delhi riots, Delhi Police told the Supreme Court that when intellectuals become terrorists, they are more dangerous. Delhi Police cited Red Fort car blast and white collar terror module here. During the hearing, some video clips of Sharjeel Imam’s speech were also shown, in which he was saying things like cutting off the north-eastern state of Assam from India, stopping the milk and water of Delhi and protesting fiercely.

During the hearing on the bail petitions of the accused in the Supreme Court on Thursday (November 20, 2025), Delhi Police said that nowadays a trend has been seen that intellectuals first study with government money and become doctors-engineers and then get involved in anti-national activities.

Additional Solicitor General SV Raju appeared before the bench of Justice Arvind Kumar and Justice NV Anjaria to present the side of Delhi Police. He said that when intellectuals become terrorists, they become more dangerous than those working at the grassroots level. ASG Raju was referring to the white collar terror module running from Haryana’s Al Falah University, which was recently busted by the investigating agencies. The agencies had recovered 2,900 kg of explosive material for making IED from a doctor. The very next day after this incident, this doctor’s colleague Dr. Umar Nabi exploded a car near the Red Fort, in which 14 people lost their lives. Many doctors have been arrested after this incident.

During the hearing, Delhi Police also played some video clips of Sharjeel Imam’s speech in the court, in which he is seen saying that there should be traffic jams in cities across India. In these speeches, Sharjeel Imam is saying things like cutting off Assam from India by stopping the chicken neck, stopping the milk and water of Delhi and protesting fiercely. In the video he is saying that the government has to be deactivated and the courts cannot be trusted. Delhi Police alleged that Sharjeel was trying to instigate Muslims with his speeches.

Delhi Police said that the CAA protests were just a show and an attempt to cover up the truth, the real objective was to change the government and strangulate the economy. ASG Raju said that the CAA protests were deliberately staged during US President Donald Trump’s visit to India to attract international media attention and tarnish India’s image by spreading lies that Muslims are being targeted in the country. Sharjeel Imam’s lawyer Advocate Siddharth Dave opposed this and said that an attempt is being made to influence the court by showing short excerpts of long speeches.

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (September 2) gave a big blow to student activists Sharjil Imam, Omar Khalid and other accused in the case related to Delhi riots. The court dismissed the bail plea of ​​all the accused in the UAPA case related to Delhi riots in 2020.

A bench of Justice Naveen Chawla and Justice Shalinder Kaur reserved their verdict on 9 July after hearing the arguments of all the parties. Shaizil Imam and Omar Khalid along with Mohammad Salim Khan, Shifa ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Miran Haider, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima reserved their verdict. The court dismissed everyone’s petition.

When was the arrest?

What is the allegation?

According to the news agency PTI, the prosecution strongly argued that it is not only a case of riots, but is a case where the riots were already made with a horrific motive and thought conspiracy.

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta argued that it was a conspiracy to discredit India globally and could not be the basis of only long imprisoned bail.

In the riots in February 2020, 53 people died and more than 700 people were injured. The violence erupted during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Civil Register (NRC).

The bail petitions of the Sharjil Imam, Khalid Saifi, Gulfisha Fatima and other accused were pending in the High Court since 2022 and from time to time various benches heard them.