New Delhi: Strongly opposing the bail pleas of activists Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam and others in the February 2020 riots in the city, Delhi Police told the Supreme Court on Tuesday that it was not something spontaneous but an "orchestrated, a pre-planned, and a well-designed" attack on the sovereignty of the nation.

The hearing remained inconclusive and will continue on November 20.

Delhi 2020 riots

The violence erupted during the protests against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC).

Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for Delhi Police, told a bench of justices Aravind Kumar and N V Anjaria that there was an attempt to divide the society on communal lines and it was not merely an agitation against Citizenship (Amendment) Act.

Mehta

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