The court recently found Tahir Hussain and four others guilty in the murder case, while acquitting six of the 12 accused. The sentencing is yet to be announced.
While the New York Times reporter Suhasini Raj lamented that ‘political activist’ Umar Khalid is languishing in jail since his arrest 14th September 2020 for his alleged involvement in anti-Hindu Delhi riots that broke out on 24th of February that year, she did not delve into why there has been an inordinate delay in his hearings.