On Thursday, Sambhal, a stronghold of Samajwadi Party, witnessed a large-scale protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act as four buses of UPSRTC and six police vehicles were vandalised by protesters.
The two accused, who hailed from Thalassery, were handing out pro-Maoist pamphlets and shouting pro-Maoist slogans when they were arrested from the Pantheerankavu market.
In the middle of his hate speech, the Maulana also claims that the rioters who had burnt down the deputy CM's headquarters in Assam and gheraoed the chief minister's residence were no one else but people of his community who had acted on their call.
The draft charges stated that all the 19 accused were conspiring to assassinate PM Narendra Modi during his roadshows in a manner similar to the killing of former PM Rajiv Gandhi.
The special court upheld the prosecution's contention in 2008 Jaipur blasts case and also held the banned terror outfit Indian Mujahideen for the attack.
"Announcements were made in the locality since two-three days asking us to mobilise people to protest against the NRC. We were asked to gather on Tuesday," said a protestor speaking to India Today.