The Facebook account of Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, arrested on sedition charges, was allegedly hacked today, with students agitating in his support, deciding to report the matter to Delhi Police cyber cell.
Kanhaiya's profile picture was found to be "updated" around 8:40 pm. The image shows a group of soldiers trying to erect a tricolour. It has received over 600 comments within one hour after the image was posted.
Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on February 12 on sedition charge following a controversial event at JNU campus where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.
Members of the students council, who are agitating demanding Kanhaiya's release, claimed, "His (Kanhaiya's) account has been hacked purposely to aggravate the situation. We will report the matter to Delhi Police Cyber Cell."
The image posted on the Facebook account is a morphed version of the famous photo 'Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima' taken by Joe Rosenthal of American soldiers raising a US flag during World War II.
Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University is caught in a row over an event in the campus against the hanging of 2002 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, where "anti-national" slogans were allegedly raised.
The university's students' union president Kanhaiya is in judicial custody in a sedition case over the incident.
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