Activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and Gulfisha Fatima, who are accused of being part of a “larger conspiracy” behind the 2020 Delhi riots, on Friday told the Supreme Court that they did not make calls for violence and had been behind bars for more than five years, Live Law reported.

Khalid told a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and NV Anjaria that he was not in Delhi when the riots broke out, while Imam said that he had only called for peaceful blockades, Bar and Bench reported. Fatima said that no evidence of violence was found at the protest sites where she was present.

The Supreme Court adjourned the matter till Monday to hear the bail application of their co-accused – Meeran Haider and Shifa Ur Rehman – along with the Delhi Police.

The five activists have challenged a j

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