India, Nov. 19 -- The Delhi Police told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that the narrative built outside the court in support of the 2020 Delhi riots accused, including student activists Sharjeel Imam, Umar Khalid and others, is far from reality as the WhatsApp chats and speeches delivered by them indicates a plot to communally divide the country and cause unrest.

Opposing the bail pleas of Imam, Khalid and five others, the police said there was no "change in circumstance" since the Delhi high court rejected their bail in September, and therefore no ground for the Supreme Court to reconsider it.

The police also said the accused cannot seek parity with the Supreme Court's May 2023 decision upholding bail for Devangana Kalita, Natasha Narwal...