Delhi riots: Witness statements fabricated, prosecution should be ashamed, says Umar Khalid
India TodayFormer JNU student leader Umar Khalid on Thursday told a Delhi court that witness statements recorded by the police in the riots conspiracy case were "fabricated". Arguing his bail plea before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat, senior advocate Trideep Pais, representing Khalid, said that the witness statements were "inconsistent with each other, and will not stand the test of law." Not even a shred of physical evidence.” Read | 'Anti-CAA protest secular, charge sheet communal': Umar Khalid in Delhi riots conspiracy case He added, “I recently watched a movie called 'The Trial of Chicago 7' where witnesses of the State had already planned to be the witnesses of the State.” The lawyer was addressing the allegation levelled by the police against Khalid that he and his father were present at a protest organized by the Welfare Party of India at Jantar Mantar, wherein children and women were taken in buses. Also Read | Umar Khalid calls Delhi riots conspiracy case 'cooked up', points to contradictions