A Delhi court Monday extended by nine days the police custody of a student of Jamia Millia Islamia, arrested for allegedly hatching a conspiracy to incite communal riots in northeast Delhi, said his lawyer.
Meeran Haider (35), a PhD student at Jamia, is the president of RJD youth wing's Delhi unit.
Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Sudhir Kumar Sirohi sent Haider for custodial interrogation after the police said further remand was required to confront him with co-accused and unearth the larger conspiracy in the case related to the recent communal violence in north east Delhi over the Citizenship Amendment Act.
Advocate Akram Khan, appearing for Haider, opposed the police remand and said no new evidence has come up during his 4-day custody and it has the videos based on which the student was called for interrogation and arrested thereafter.
Haider was willing to join the investigation as and when required, his lawyer told the court.
Rajya Sabha MP and RJD leader Manoj Jha had tweeted, "Delhi Police called him for investigation and then received orders from above and arrested Meeran Haider, who has been helping people during the time of coronavirus outbreak."
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