Former JNU student Sharjeel Imam charged with sedition

New Delhi, July 25

The Delhi Police today charged former JNU student Sharjeel Imam with sedition before a local court for allegedly inciting people to indulge in activities detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of the country. The police filed a charge-sheet before the court in a case related to anti-CAA riots earlier this year.

The final report was filed under various Sections, including 124-A (sedition), 153-A (promoting hatred), 153-B (assertion prejudicial to national integration) and 505 (spreading rumours) of the IPC and under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. “He is accused of delivering seditious speeches and inciting a community to indulge in unlawful activities, detrimental to the sovereignty and integrity of the nation,” it said. — PTI

What charge-sheet says

• Delivered seditious speeches
• Exhorted people to block highways, resort to ‘chakka jam’
• Called Constitution a ‘fascist’ document
• Propagated blockade of ‘chicken neck’ connecting North-East