Farmers have included in their demand letter the release of intellectuals and student leaders of the country, including the student leader of AMU, who was under the scanner of the Civil Lines Police till a week ago. Photographs of these people have also been placed at the farmer’s picket, including the photo and name of Farhan Zubairi.
At AMU, students protested against an incident in France last month. The next day, a video went viral, in which AMU student leader Farhan Zubairi, the western UP in-charge of the MIM youth organization, gave a controversial statement that if anyone insults us, we will behead him. If someone raises a finger towards the Prophet, he will break his finger.
The civil lines police filed a case against Farhan when the video went viral and has been continuously searching for him since then.
Police teams went to Bihar, Bulandshahr and Delhi in search of Farhan. Now the agitating farmers in Delhi have included him in their list in which they are demanding the release of some intellectuals and student leaders of the country.
Ravindra Dubey Inspector Civil Lines said that last week in the High Court, Farhan had filed a petition in which the court has ordered in his favor to appear in the court in 45 days and present his bail application. Therefore, he will now appear in court.
Photo of Sharjeel Imam has also been included in the farmer’s protest site. Sharjeel is in Delhi's Tihar Jail and is a JNU student leader. But he has a case of treason in his civil lines too. He made a disputed statement in the anti-CAA-NRC protest in AMU, on which the case was registered. His bail application is pending in the Sessions Court.