New Delhi, Jan. 9 -- Student activist Sharjeel Imam on Thursday told a Delhi court he had withdrawn from anti-CAA protests well before violence broke out in Delhi in February 2020, arguing that several co-accused had asked him to step away because they said his speeches were giving a "communal colour" to the movement.
"The accused thought that the protest was turning communal and that I was the most renowned figure among them who was giving it that colour. So, I withdrew...January 2. Till then, there was no violence," his counsel, advocate Talib Mustafa, submitted.P9
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