Overview

• An investigation officer informed senior Delhi Police officials that speeches recovered from Maulana Mohd Saad Kandhalvi’s laptop did not contain objectionable material.
• Data extraction from a laptop and other devices submitted to the Forensic Science Laboratory is still awaited, according to the probe update.
• Maulana Saad has not joined the investigation so far, senior officers were told.
• Last month, the Delhi High Court quashed 16 FIRs and related chargesheets against 70 Indians, holding that merely residing in a markaz did not breach pandemic prohibitory orders.
• In 2020, police charge-sheeted 952 foreign nationals from 36 countries in the case, with 908 pleading guilty and paying fines while 44 opted for trial.