Jul 31, 2025 ·NEW DELHI:SharjeelImam, a scholar from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and a key figure in the anti-CAA protests, is set to contest the upcoming Bihar Assembly elections as an independent... Dec 4, 2024 ·Ironically,Sharjeel Imam, along with other students, human rights activists and politicians was arrested one month before violence rocked northeast Delhi. SharjeelImam(born 1988) is an Indian student activist from Kako village of Jehanabad, Bihar. [2][3] He is known for his allegedly inflammatory speeches made during anti-Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) protests which led to his arrest under sedition. [1][4][5][6]