Meeran Haider

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Meeran Haider
Born1991 (age 32–33)
Siwan district, Bihar
NationalityIndian
Alma mater Jamia Milia Islamia
Known fortaking part in the Citizenship Amendment Act protests
Political party Rashtriya Janata Dal

Meeran Haider is an Indian activist leader and human rights defender known for his role in Citizenship Amendment Act protests. [1] He is also the RJD State President of Delhi youth wing unit. [2]

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Early life and education

Meeran Haider was born in 1991 at Barharia block of Siwan district, Bihar. [3] As of 2020, his father is retired. His mother died in 2019. He moved to Delhi at a young age and did his schooling from Jamia Millia Islamia. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering, going on to pursue MBA in International Business and completing an M-Phil in West Asian Studies — all from Jamia. He is presently a PhD research scholar at the Centre for Management Studies at Jamia. [4] [5]

Political activism

Meeran was a member of Aam Aadmi Party's youth wing, Chatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti (CYSS). Meeran went on a hunger strike in 2017 as part of a protest demanding the restoration of a Student Union in the university. He co-founded the Jamia Students Forum (JSF), a platform for student activists of the university. In 2019, he left the CYSS and joined Rashtriya Janta Dal (RJD). He is the President of RJD Youth Wing's Delhi unit. Haider was active in the Anti-CAA protests. [6] [4] [7]

Arrest and prison

On 1 April 2020 Haider was arrested during the Covid-19 lockdown, while he was engaged in relief work, for allegedly conspiring to incite communal violence during the 2020 Delhi Riots. [8] [4] However he was brought to before the Metropolitan Magistrate and remanded in police custody for 14 days initially. [9] [10] He was granted bail, but later re-arrested by the police on another charge. [2]

According to the Delhi police the violence was a pre-meditated conspiracy and all arrests have been made based on scientific and forensic evidence. Haider was booked under Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by Delhi Police. [11] [12] He has been kept held in Tihar Jail since then.[ citation needed ]

According to the special cell of Delhi it was a pre-meditated conspiracy which led to Delhi riots just before the visit to India of the United States President Donald Trump on 24–25 February 2020. The Police have made FIR. The court on 13 August 2020, has given the police time until 17 September to file the charge sheet. [13]

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