New Delhi: Allegations against ex-Delhi University (DU) lecturer SAR Gilani, arrested under sedition charges in connection with a Press Club event in the capital, are "grievous" and whatever he has purportedly said is against the country, the police told a court on Friday.

The public prosecutor, representing the Delhi police, told additional sessions judge Deepak Garg that he was not in a position to argue the matter as he had not received the copy of Gilani's bail plea yet. "I am not in a position to argue today. There are grievous allegations (against Gilani) and (whatever he has purportedly stated) are against the country," the prosecutor told the judge.