<p>The Delhi police Sunday filed a charge sheet before a court here against former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the "conspiracy" behind the February communal violence in the northeast part of the city.</p>.<p>The police filed the charge sheet before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat against Khalid and Imam under relevant sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.</p>.<p>The have also been accused of rioting, unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy, murder, promoting enmity on the ground of religion, language, caste etc and other sections of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p>The offences entail a maximum punishment of death penalty.</p>.<p>Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between those who supported amendments in the citizenship law and those who opposed them.</p>.<p>The violence left at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.</p>
<p>The Delhi police Sunday filed a charge sheet before a court here against former JNU student leader Umar Khalid and student Sharjeel Imam in a case related to the "conspiracy" behind the February communal violence in the northeast part of the city.</p>.<p>The police filed the charge sheet before Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat against Khalid and Imam under relevant sections of the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.</p>.<p>The have also been accused of rioting, unlawful assembly, criminal conspiracy, murder, promoting enmity on the ground of religion, language, caste etc and other sections of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p>The offences entail a maximum punishment of death penalty.</p>.<p>Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi on February 24 after violence between those who supported amendments in the citizenship law and those who opposed them.</p>.<p>The violence left at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.</p>