In a sharp escalation of its stance against the accused in the 2020 Delhi riots case, the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that the violence was not a sudden flare-up but a “well-designed, well-crafted and pre-planned attack” aimed at destabilising the country’s social fabric and sovereignty.

‘AN ORCHESTRATED ATTEMPT TO DIVIDE SOCIETY’

Appearing for the Delhi Police, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta opened his arguments by asserting that the commonly circulated view of the riots being a reaction to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) needed to be dismantled at the outset.

“This was not a spontaneous riot. It was a well designed, well crafted, well orchestrated, pre-planned riot,” he told the bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria. He said the evidence collected showed a

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