New Delhi: As the Supreme Court is prepared to take up the bail petitions filed by student activists Umar Khalid and others in the 2020 Delhi riots “larger conspiracy” case, an affidavit filed by the Delhi Police has claimed that the violence was aimed at enforcing a “regime change”.

In its 389-page affidavit filed on Thursday, the Delhi Police said, “In offences that strike at the very root of the integrity of India [UAPA offences], ‘jail and not bail’ is the rule.”

“The allegations against the petitioner are prima facie true. The onus of refuting the said presumption rests with the petitioners, which they have miserably failed to discharge,” it added.

The police opposed the grant of bail merely on the grounds of the delay in the trial. According to the Delhi Police, petitioners themse

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