Four days after granted bail in the northeast Delhi violence case, Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita has now been charged under the non-bailable Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the Delhi Police.
Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita. (Photo: Twitter/@PKaudinya)
Four days after granted bail in the northeast Delhi violence case, Pinjra Tod activist Devangana Kalita has now been charged under the non-bailable Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the Delhi Police.
Delhi Police Special Cell has arrested Devangana Kalita under the UAPA Act. Earlier, Natasha Narwal, another member of the Pinjra Tod collective, was arrested by the Special Cell under UAPA.
The police have filed a fourth FIR against Devangana under the stringent anti-terror law in connection with her presence in the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests and subsequent communal riots in north-east Delhi that took place earlier this year.
Metropolitan Magistrate Abhinav Pandey granted bail to Devangana Kalita on June 2, on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 30,000 and two sureties of like amount and imposed “stringent” conditions on her.
The court directed her not to indulge in a similar activity and cooperate with the investigating agency.
It further directed her to deposit her passport before the concerned court till further orders.
Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad was also arrested in December last year in the case for allegedly giving inflammatory speeches and later granted bail.
The court said in its order that the investigation carried out till now in the December violence case does not show any direct evidence attributable to Kalita to bring her for the offence under section 325 (voluntarily causing grievous hurt) and 353 (assault to deter public servant from discharge of his duty) of the Indian Penal Code.
It further said that CCTV footage reportedly does not specifically show her to be involved in any violent activity.
Devangana and Natasha, both research scholars in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), were arrested on May 23 in connection with the north-east Delhi riots.
The organisation is accused of organising a sit-in by women protesters at the Jaffrabad Metro Station, which was a precursor to the Delhi riots which killed more than 50 people.
