JNU Students Umar Khalid And Anirban Surrender

By Countercurrents.org

24 February, 2016
Countercurrents.org

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya who were accused of organizing an event on February 9 to mark the anniversary of the hanging of Afzal Guru, in which anti-India slogans were allegedly raised surrendered at midnight before the Delhi Police. The two left the campus in a university vehicle escorted by guards around 11:45 p.m. and were take into custody by a police team waiting outside one of the exit gates of the varsity. They are accused of sedition. They are likely to be produced before a magistrate today.

The students had moved the High Court but the court refused to give them any protection from arrest.

Kanhaiya Kumar, JNUSU president, was arrested earlier this month for his alleged role in that event. He is in the Tihar Jail. His bail plea will also be heard by the high court today.

On Sunday night, Umar Khalid, Anirban and three other students accused of sedition, missing for days, showed up on the JNU campus and challenged the police to arrest them. The police were not allowed to enter the campus and said the students must surrender.