Delhi court filed charges under sedition against JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to inflammatory speeches made by him during the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in 2019.
As per the prosecution, Imam had allegedly made speeches where he threatened to cut off Assam and the rest of the Northeast from India. In his defense, Imam had earlier told the court that he is not a terrorist and his prosecution is a whip of a monarch rather than a government established by law.
Delhi Police had also filed a charge sheet against Imam in a case, in which he allegedly gave speeches inciting hatred, contempt, and disaffection towards the Central Government and instigated the people which led to the violence in December 2019.