India, Nov. 20 -- Arguing that some of the country's educated professionals are drifting towards anti-national causes, the Delhi Police on Thursday opposed the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in the February 2020 riots conspiracy case. The submission comes just days after the Red Fort suicide attack that killed 12 people, a case in which several suspects are doctors.

"Nowadays there is a trend that doctors, engineers are not doing their professions but engaging in anti-national activities," Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, appearing for the Delhi police, told a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria.

During the hearing, he also pointed towards Sharjeel Imam's background as an engineering graduate. He ...