Lucknow court rejects Sadaf Jafar bail, asks IO to produce videos, case diary on Jan 3

Shahira Naim  

Tribune News Service

Lucknow, December 24

A court on Tuesday rejected the bail application of activist and Congress leader Sadaf Jafar, who was arrested on December 19 over violence in connection with the Citizenship Amendment Act protests in Lucknow.

The Additional Deputy Judge also summoned the Investigating Officer with the videos and case diary on January 3.

The court said all are equal before law so the fact that she is a woman is no ground to give her bail.

Her bail plea was also rejected on Monday.

Jafar has been charged with 18 serious offences, including inciting violence and damaging public property.

Earlier on Sunday, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had demanded that Zafar be released immediately.