Lawfare, Sedition – Others

ALMOST THREE years after an FIR of sedition was registered against students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) for allegedly raising “anti-national slogans” during an event on campus, the Delhi Police’s Special Cell has finalised the draft chargesheet in the case, naming Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya as the main accused.

Apart from the three — Kanhaiya was the JNU students’ union president at the time — police have included eight others in the draft chargesheet, which has been sent to the public prosecutor for vetting and is expected to be filed in the Patiala House Courts soon. Police have found concrete evidence against the eight others, all hailing from Kashmir… two of them are students at JNU, two at Jamia Millia Islamia, one at Aligarh Muslim University, one is a Muradnagar-based doctor and two are students,” a senior police officer told The Indian Express on condition of