At 12.50 am on 24 February, United Against Hate member Khalid Saifi posted in the group, “A complaint against Kapil Mishra filed at ps. Jafrabad Delhi for promoting enmity and committing riot in jafrabad area today on 23/02/2020 by Adv Rukhsar Ahmed, Adv Nadimuzzama, Adv Mohd Danish, Adv Mohd Nadim, Adv Mohd Akram, Adv Mohd Zakir.”
The violence had erupted in north-east Delhi on the evening of 23 February. Kapil Mishra gave a speech earlier that day.
Other members of the group praised the filing of the complaint in their replies to Saifi’s comment.
But the police viewed the complaint against Mishra differently.
Just before citing Saifi’s message in the charge sheet, the police cited its own observation on the matter, saying:
To put it simply, the charge sheet viewed the talk of a complaint against Kapil Mishra as the “conspirators” attempt to create a “false narrative” out…