The student leader was taken to an undisclosed location by the Delhi Police. (File photo)
New Delhi:
A Delhi court today sent JNU Students Union President Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested in a sedition case, to one-day police custody after the prosecution said that he was needed to be confronted with the other two arrested JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya.
The court allowed the police plea seeking one day custody of the student leader, who was arrested on February 12 and sent to judicial custody five days later, a source said.
The student leader was taken to an undisclosed location by the Delhi Police.
"The student leader was moved out of Tihar jail at around 8.30 pm for questioning," a senior police officer said without disclosing the location where Mr Kumar was taken by the cops.
The police had applied for the production warrant of Mr Kumar yesterday on the ground that he was needed to be confronted with the other two students in view of the discripencies in their statements regarding the controversial JNU event.
While opposing the plea, Mr Kumar's counsel, Bankim Kulshrestha, said that the police already had got five days' custody of his client and it had sufficient time to interrogate him in the matter.
The counsel further said that there was no connection between Mr Kumar and the other two students arrested in the case as they belong to different student wings.
The police had arrested Mr 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 Hindi news channel.
While Mr Kumar was arrested, at least five others including Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya went absconsing after the event. They resurfaced in JNU campus on Monday night and surrendered before police.
Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya were yesterday sent to three days' police remand by a city court, after their midnight surrender and subsequent arrest in a case of sedition.
The police maintained "confidentiality" in the case proceedings in pursuance of an order by Delhi High Court.
The court allowed the police plea seeking one day custody of the student leader, who was arrested on February 12 and sent to judicial custody five days later, a source said.
The student leader was taken to an undisclosed location by the Delhi Police.
"The student leader was moved out of Tihar jail at around 8.30 pm for questioning," a senior police officer said without disclosing the location where Mr Kumar was taken by the cops.
The police had applied for the production warrant of Mr Kumar yesterday on the ground that he was needed to be confronted with the other two students in view of the discripencies in their statements regarding the controversial JNU event.
While opposing the plea, Mr Kumar's counsel, Bankim Kulshrestha, said that the police already had got five days' custody of his client and it had sufficient time to interrogate him in the matter.
The counsel further said that there was no connection between Mr Kumar and the other two students arrested in the case as they belong to different student wings.
The police had arrested Mr 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 Hindi news channel.
While Mr Kumar was arrested, at least five others including Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya went absconsing after the event. They resurfaced in JNU campus on Monday night and surrendered before police.
Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya were yesterday sent to three days' police remand by a city court, after their midnight surrender and subsequent arrest in a case of sedition.
The police maintained "confidentiality" in the case proceedings in pursuance of an order by Delhi High Court.
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