India, Oct. 29 -- Jawaharlal Nehru University student activist Umar Khalid on Tuesday told a Delhi court that the Delhi Police's claim of him coordinating secret conspiratorial meetings linked to the 2020 Northeast Delhi riots was "false" and that the meetings were in fact open discussions on peaceful protests against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB).

Khalid, who remains in judicial custody for allegedly conspiring in the 2020 riots along with other activists, made the submissions before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai, who is hearing arguments on framing charges in the case. The submissions came a day after the Supreme Court pulled up the Delhi Police for failing to file a response to the bail applications moved by Khalid, S...