Two youths detained in Panaji over support for jailed activist Umar Khalid
Police have detained two youths in Panaji for expressing support for jailed student activist Umar Khalid during celebrations over the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, officials said.Mr. Khalid has been arrested in a case related to riots in northeast Delhi in 2020. Not security concerns, but erosion of political capital of the ruling party led to Pradhan’s resignationA group was on Saturday (July 25) celebrating Mr.
- ▪Police have detained two youths in Panaji for expressing support for jailed student activist Umar Khalid during celebrations over the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, officials said.Mr.
- ▪Khalid has been arrested in a case related to riots in northeast Delhi in 2020.
- ▪Not security concerns, but erosion of political capital of the ruling party led to Pradhan’s resignationA group was on Saturday (July 25) celebrating Mr.
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Police have detained two youths in Panaji for expressing support for jailed student activist Umar Khalid during celebrations over the resignation of former Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, officials said.Mr. Khalid has been arrested in a case related to riots in northeast Delhi in 2020. Not security concerns, but erosion of political capital of the ruling party led to Pradhan’s resignationA group was on Saturday (July 25) celebrating Mr. Pradhan's resignation -which followed nationwide protests spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party on the NEET paper leak issue - at Azad Maidan here when a youth, identified as Danish, displayed a placard in support of Mr. Khalid.When questioned by the media, the youth said he supported the cause of Mr.
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