New Delhi: Delhi Police informed the Supreme Court on Thursday that the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) were strategically organised to overlap with US President Donald Trump’s visit to India in February 2020. According to the police, the scheduling was intentional and aimed at drawing international media coverage during a major diplomatic engagement.

The submission came during the continued hearing of the bail pleas filed by six accused in the Delhi riots conspiracy case—Gulfisha Fatima, Sharjeel Imam, Meeran Haider, Umar Khalid, Shifa Ur Rehman and Mohd Saleem Khan. All six are charged under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), a stringent anti-terror law under which obtaining bail requires the court to be

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