New Delhi, Sept. 10 -- Former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) student Umar Khalid on Wednesday approached the Supreme Court challenging the Delhi High Court order, which denied him bail in the UAPA case linked to the alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots.

The Delhi High Court on September 2 denied bail to Khalid and eight others - Sharjeel Imam, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa Ur Rehman, Athar Khan, Meeran Haider, Shadab Ahmed, Abdul Khalid Saifi and Gulfisha Fatima.

On September 2, the bail plea of another accused, Tasleem Ahmed, was rejected by a different High Court bench.

Imam and Gulfisha Fatima have also moved the top court challenging the High Court's order.

Delhi Police had opposed their bail pleas, saying...