New Delhi: A report of the Delhi Police explaining the arrest of a student at Jawaharlal Nehru University or JNU credits "reliable sources" as the basis for alleging that the student's behaviour was seditious.
The report was sent to the Home Ministry and senior police officers after the arrest on February 14 of Kanhaiya Kumar, the 28-year-old president of the JNU Students' Union. It was prepared by the Special Branch which collects intel on security for the police force in the capital.
Junior Home Minister Kiren Rijiju told NDTV on Tuesday evening that "material evidence" against Mr Kumar will be presented soon.
The police report states that on February 9, a cop noticed a poster on the JNU campus for an event that evening that asked for students to rally in part against the hanging of Afzal Guru, who was found guilty of attacking Parliament in 2001. Officials at JNU were warned of possible "unrest" and they cancelled permission for the event.
However, students like Mr Kumar allegedly gathered at a popular dhaba or food stall. "The Left supported student groups", according to the report, then broke into anti-India cheers - about 15 students including Kanhaiya Kumar are listed as offenders based on information from "reliable sources". A rival group of students from the BJP's student wing, the ABVP, also arrived at the dhaba and shouted "Bharat Mata ki jai".
The rival camps verbally attacked each other but then left the area peacefully.
The report was sent to the Home Ministry and senior police officers after the arrest on February 14 of Kanhaiya Kumar, the 28-year-old president of the JNU Students' Union. It was prepared by the Special Branch which collects intel on security for the police force in the capital.
Junior Home Minister Kiren Rijiju told NDTV on Tuesday evening that "material evidence" against Mr Kumar will be presented soon.
The police report states that on February 9, a cop noticed a poster on the JNU campus for an event that evening that asked for students to rally in part against the hanging of Afzal Guru, who was found guilty of attacking Parliament in 2001. Officials at JNU were warned of possible "unrest" and they cancelled permission for the event.
However, students like Mr Kumar allegedly gathered at a popular dhaba or food stall. "The Left supported student groups", according to the report, then broke into anti-India cheers - about 15 students including Kanhaiya Kumar are listed as offenders based on information from "reliable sources". A rival group of students from the BJP's student wing, the ABVP, also arrived at the dhaba and shouted "Bharat Mata ki jai".
The rival camps verbally attacked each other but then left the area peacefully.
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