New Delhi: The Delhi Police will not be seeking further remand of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the row over the event that took place in the varsity campus on February 9.
According to sources, the police might seek further police custody of other JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya who have also been charged for sedition and whose custody is ending on Saturday.
Kanhaiya was brought face to face with Anirban and Umar for a joint questioning by the Delhi Police to ascertain the facts of the event that took place on February 9 where anti-national slogans were raised.
A Delhi court had on Thursday sent Kanhaiya to one day police custody after the prosecution said that he was needed to be confronted with the other two arrested JNU students Umar and Anirban. The police had applied for the production warrant of Kumar on Wednesday on the ground that he was needed to be confronted with the other two students in view of the discrepancies in their statements regarding the controversial JNU event.
The police had arrested Kumar on February 12, a day after a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy was registered at Vasant Kunj (North) Police Station in connection with an event in the varsity's campus in which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. The case was registered on the basis of a video footage of the event obtained from a news channel.
While Kumar was arrested, at least five others including Khalid and Anirban went absconding after the event. They resurfaced in JNU campus on Monday night and surrendered before police.
Khalid and Anirban were sent to three days' police remand by a city court, after their midnight surrender and subsequent arrest in a case of sedition.
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