In the months that followed, research scholars Sharjeel Imam, Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and ex-student activist Umar Khalid would be arrested under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, along with 14 others, for their alleged role in a “conspiracy”, leading to the communal violence that shook Delhi in February 2020. Significantly, all these student leaders were involved in the anti-CAA protests that constituted the Shaheen Bagh movement, which brought global attention to the Indian government’s treatment of its religious minorities, specifically Muslims. While Narwal and Kalita were eventually granted bail by the Delhi High Court, Imam and Khalid continue to remain incarcerated five years after their arrests.