India, July 30 -- NEW DELHI

A Delhi court on Wednesday stayed non-bailable warrants (NBWs) issued against student leader Aishe Ghosh for protesting outside the Banga Bhawan in 2021 over alleged police action against Left-wing youth organisations in Kolkata.

The order, passed by judicial magistrate first class Vijayshree Rathore of the Patiala House courts, comes a day after the Delhi Police had entered the New Delhi office of the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) to execute the warrants, which led to a confrontation between the party leaders and police personnel. CPI-M members alleged that the action was over Ghosh's role in the recent central Delhi protests. Delhi Police, however, clarified that an investigating officer had gone...