Who Is UmarKhalid??

Let All Indians Know – Khalid’s father Syed Qasim Ilyas was a one of the founder member of an organization named SIMI (Student Islamic Movement of India), which was banned due to its separatist and radical activities in 2001.

– Based on interaction with JNU students, Umar Khalid is a communist and self-proclaimed atheist but not an Islamist. The anti-Indian slogans which were raised at JNU campus, includes “bharat ke tukde honge, Inshaallah inshaallah’, “PakistanLongLive”.

– Khalid is a main accused for organizing, an event to commemorate Afzal Guru’s death anniversary in JNU campus. According, to the sources, Umar and his group have planned to hold such events in almost 18 universities, across the country.

Umar Khalid and nine other students including, the president of JNUSU Kanhaiya Kumar, Anant Prakash Narayan, Ashutosh Kumar, Rama Naga, Anirban Bhattachary were charged with sedition, for raising anti-India slogans on 9th February at JNU campus.

-Umar Khalid was arrested by the Delhi Police Special Cell and booked under the stringent Unlawful Activities Prevention Act for alleged conspiracy in the riots that had rocked northeast Delhi this February, killing over 50 people.

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