New Delhi:
A court here
sent Sharjeel Imam, arrested on sedition charges, to five days of police
custody on Wednesday, his lawyer said.
Imam was produced at the residence of Chief Metropolitan
Magistrate Purushottam Pathak in the evening amidst high security, said
advocate Mishika Singh, appearing for the JNU research scholar in the matter.
The police had sought a six-day remand for
Imam’s custodial interrogation, the lawyer said.
Imam was arrested from Bihar’s Jehanabad on Tuesday for
allegedly making inflammatory speeches at the Jamia Millia Islamia University
here and in Aligarh. He was
brought to Delhi on Wednesday.
The situation in the Patiala House Courts Complex was tense
after the Delhi Police informed that Imam would be produced before the
magistrate there. Some lawyers
raised slogans against Imam, held up posters calling him a “traitor”
and demanded that he be hanged.
One of the lawyers said, “We are here to protest against
those who talk about breaking the country. All lawyers are united against such
traitors. He does not deserve to be outside jail. Strict action should be taken
against him.” Heavy security,
including CRPF personnel, was deployed outside the court premises. (PTI)
