Student activist Umar Khalid, jailed for his alleged role in the 2020 Delhi riots, on Wednesday told a Delhi court that the conspiracy case against him was “entirely fabricated”, alleging a systematic effort to frame him.

Senior advocate Trideep Pais, representing Khalid, argued that the case was based on “blatant fabrication” of evidence, claiming that witnesses had merely repeated what the investigating officer (IO) told them to say.

“Please see how blatant the fabrication of evidence is… Witnesses have supported whatever the IO has cooked up. If you examine the material against me, you will also conclude this is a cooked-up case,” Pais submitted before Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai at the Karkardooma courts.

He added that till now, there have been at least 17 instances when

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