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Travesty of justice: Shashi Tharoor on Umar Khalid's detention
short by Ishaan Mukherjee / on Tuesday, 30 June, 2026
Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has questioned the six-year-long detention of former JNU student leader Umar Khalid without a trial. "If he really has incited terrorism, why not prove it in a court of law?...Languishing six years behind bars, without a chance to defend himself legally, is a travesty of justice and a blot on our democracy," he said.
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