Tihar Jail authorities on Monday informed a Delhi court that a wristwatch, which is a prohibited item, was found during a search of the cell of Sharjeel Imam, a JNU scholar and Delhi communal riots accused, on June 30.

Imam is accused of making inflammatory speeches against the government on the issue of Citizenship (Amendment) Act and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), particularly at Jamia Milia Islamia University in December 2019, which allegedly led to violence in the area outside the university.