text: Delhi riots: Court directs police to ensure Khalid's safety
  24 March 2021, 8:47 am ·1-min read
  New Delhi, Mar 24 (PTI) A court here on Wednesday directed the police to ensure safety and security of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid while bringing him for the proceedings in a case related to north-east Delhi riots.
  'It is directed that while producing accused Umar Khalid in the court on any day in future, sufficient steps shall be taken by the Jail Supdtt and the DCP, DAP, III Battalion to ensure the safety and security of the applicant/accused Umar Khalid while bringing him to the court from the prison, during his production in the court and while taking him back to the prison from the court,' the court said in its order.
  Communal violence had broken out in north-east Delhi on February 24 last year leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured. PTI URD SA