“How Indian media and ‘liberals’ romanticised UAPA accused: From Campa Cola to mutton, Umar khalid gets celebrity treatment during his one-week bail”, Opindia, January 7, 2025:
“On the eve of 28 December, when the world was indulging in Christmas food and waiting for the new year, student activist Umar Khalid came out of prison to spend a week with his family to attend a wedding. Sounds strange, doesn’t it? An accused under the UAPA in the larger conspiracy of the Delhi Riots 2020 getting glittery treatment of words? This is exactly what happened as Khalid spent a week on bail. Though he is back in jail awaiting trial for the case, the way Indian media and “liberals” romanticised it deserves a slow clap, to say the least.
The Indian Express, one of the widely read mainstream newspapers, published a long article explaining what his family said and how Khalid spent his week at home. Titled “When Umar Khalid Came Home,” the piece was authored by Nirbhay Thakur.
The feature image showed Khalid and his father, Syed Qasim Rasool Ilyas, a former SIMI operative. Quotes from his parents, his close friend Banojyotsna Lahiri, and others were included in the article in emotional, candid ways…….”
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