Highlights
- Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, Asif Iqbal Tanha have been granted bail
- They had been arrested underneath the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act
- In February final 12 months greater than 50 individuals had been killed in Delhi riots
New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday granted bail to a few activists arrested in reference to riots within the metropolis final 12 months.
Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita – two members of Delhi-based ladies’s rights group Pinjra Tod – and Asif Iqbal Tanha – a scholar of Jamia Millia Islamia – had been arrested underneath the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act. All three have been given bail.
In February final 12 months greater than 50 individuals had been killed after clashes broke out between these supporting the contentious citizenship regulation – which makes faith check of citizenship for the primary time – and its critics.
