Delhi riots case: Shifa ur Rehman gets custody parole to campaign for Assembly elections

A Delhi court on Wednesday allowed Shifa ur Rehman, an accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, to be released on custody parole to campaign for the upcoming Assembly elections in the national capital, Live Law reported.

Rehman is contesting the elections, scheduled for February 5, on an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ticket from the Okhla seat. The counting of votes will take place on February 8.

Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of the Karkardooma Courts granted Rehman custody parole from January 30 till February 3 for campaigning. The court said that he could be released for 12 hours during the day, as per the timings prescribed in the jail manual.

Bajpai also took into account a Supreme Court order from Tuesday that granted custody parole to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain to campaign for the elections.

Hussain, also accused in the riots case, is contesting as an All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen ticket candidate from Mustafabad.

Both Rehman and Hussain, along with several others, were booked for multiple offences under the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act in connection with the clashes that broke out between February 23 and February 26, 2020, among supporters of the Citizenship Amendment Act and those opposing it in North East Delhi.

The violence had left 53 dead and hundreds…

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