Written by Express Web Desk New Delhi | Updated: November 20, 2025 01:56 PM IST 2 min readAdditional Solicitor General S V Raju says there is a trend that doctors and engineers are engaging in anti-national activities while opposing bail of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Iman in February 2020 riot case.The Delhi Police on Thursday argued that there “is a trend that doctors, engineers are not doing their professions but engaging in anti-national activities”, reports PTI.Additional Solicitor General S V Raju made the submission before a bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria while opposing the bail plea of Umar Khalid, Sharjeel and others in the case of a larger conspiracy behind the 2020 communal riots in the Capital.To buttress it claims, according to PTI, Delhi Police also showed videos of Imam giving “inflammatory speeches” against the Citizenship Amendment Act.Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, representing the Delhi Police, had previously argued “…This was not a spontaneous riot but a well-designed, well-crafted, well-orchestrated, preplanned, choreographed riot… It was an attack against the sovereignty of the nation… [In] statement after statement, there is a clear and discernible attempt to divide the society on communal lines..”In an earlier hearing, responding to Delhi Police’s claims, Khalid’s counsel had argued there are 751 FIRs lodged in connection with the February 2020 Delhi riots but he has been accused in only one FIR while challenging the conspiracy charge against him.Senior advocate Kapil Sibal had then said, “There are 751 FIRs. I am charged in one. If it’s a conspiracy, it’s a bit surprising — if I am responsible for the riots.”Sibal further pointed out that Khalid was not present in Delhi when the riots took place and there were no recoveries of any kind of weapons, arms, acid or any incriminating material made from him or at his instance.Story continues below this adNine accused — Umar, Sharjeel, Gulfisha Fatima, Meeran Haider, Athar Khan, Abdul Khalid Saifi, Mohd Saleem Khan, Shifa-ur-Rehman, and Shadab Ahmed — moved the top court after their pleas for bail were rejected by the Delhi High Court on September 2.Three other accused — Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita, and Asif Iqbal Tanha — were given bail by the High Court in June 2021. Another accused, former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan, was granted bail in March 2022.Khalid was arrested in September 2020 under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for his alleged role in the conspiracy behind the 2020 Delhi riots in which 53 people were killed and hundreds injured .© IE Online Media Services Pvt LtdTags:Delhi riots 2020Umar Khalid