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Delhi Riots
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Delhi Riots: Congress' Salman Khurshid named in chargesheet

| @indiablooms | Sep 24, 2020, at 07:01 pm

New Delhi/IBNS: Former Union Minister and senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid has been named in the chargesheet filed by Delhi Police in the case related to riots which took place in the national capital earlier this year, media reports said.

In the 17,000-page chargesheet, Khurshid has been accused of giving provocative statements at the anti-CAA-NRC protests in Delhi.

The nature of Khurshid's provocative statement and the identity of the witness have not been revealed by police.

Reacting sharply to the allegations, Khurshid told NDTV, "If you do garbage collection, you get a lot of filth. Any garbage can be put to support statements made by individuals. I would be intrigued to know what is a provocative statement."

"Did I attend a protest to sing a lullaby or support a constitutional, legitimate cause. (This is) an attempt at garbage collection. Sadly, the garbage collectors are not doing a good job. Don't pick up garbage and ask questions on the quality of garbage." 

"Has (the witness) not lied by saying I made provocative statements. Have the police acted on the statement? If they have not acted on it what is the value of the statement," he added.

CPI-M leader Brinda Karat, advocate Prashant Bhushan and activist Yogendra Yadav have also been named in the chargesheet.

Over 50 people were killed in the communal riots which had rocked northeast Delhi in February 2020.

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