Delhi riots: Filmmakers Rahul Roy, Saba Dewan called for questioning by police

Delhi riots: Filmmakers Rahul Roy, Saba Dewan called for questioning by police

This comes a day after police arrested former JNU student leader Umar Khalid under UAPA for his alleged role in the riots

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Delhi riots: Filmmakers Rahul Roy, Saba Dewan called for questioning by police

New Delhi: The Delhi Police’s Special Cell has summoned short film producer Rahul Roy and documentary filmmaker Saba Dewan for questioning in connection with the northeast Delhi riots, official sources said on Monday.

They said that Dewan and Roy have been asked to join the investigation on Monday.

It comes a day after police arrested former Jawaharlal Nehru University student leader Umar Khalid under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act(UAPA) for his alleged role in the riots.

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He was arrested by the Special Cell after 11 hours of interrogation.

Communal clashes had broken out in northeast Delhi on 24 February after violence between supporters of the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and those against the legislation spiraled out of control, leaving at least 53 people dead and around 200 injured.

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