The controversial speech was made by Sharjeel Imam, who was part of the Shaheen Bagh Organising Committee but quit following an altercation with other members. (Photo: Facebook/SharjeelImam)

After Delhi Police registered a case against Jawahar Lal Nehru University student and activist Sharjeel Imam for delivering inflammatory speeches, India Today is in possession of the video based on which Delhi Police has filed a case against him. The video was shot during a speech made by Imam at the inception of anti-CAA protests at Jamia Millia Islamia University, in New Delhi.

The student activist, now an accused under several sections of the Indian Penal Code, Sharjeel Imam can be seen in the video asking a crowd to block roads across India in protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.

"Muslims of this country should block all roads in all major cities of India. Muslim organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami Hind, and others are a hurdle in such ways of protest," he can be seen saying in the video.

Watch full video, here,

He also told the gathering that Muslims of India lived mostly in cities so it would be easier to carry out such blockades in metropolitans.

According to the police, Imam, a resident of Bihar and former Jawaharlal Nehru University student, delivered "very inflammatory and instigatory speeches in his opposition to CAA and NRC".

"He had previously delivered one such speech in Jamia Millia Islamia on December 13 last year and thereafter one even more inflammatory against the government which is being widely circulated on social media," they said.

These speeches have the "potential to harm the religious harmony" and the unity and integrity of India, for which the case was registered against him, police said.

Delhi Police has booked Sharjeel under IPC sections 124 A (an offence by words, either spoken or written causes disaffection against Government established by law), 153 A (promoting enmity between different religious groups with an intent to create disharmony) and 505 (statements conducing to public mischief) has been registered, the Delhi police said.

A case of sedition was lodged against Imam on Saturday for a speech he delivered on the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) campus on January 16. The Assam police has also filed an FIR under the anti-terror law UAPA against Imam for his speech.



( With inputs from PTI)