The Delhi Police were today cautious in dealing with five JNU students accused of sedition, a day after they resurfaced at the campus even as the university authorities were undecided on asking them to surrender before the law enforcing agency.
On their part, the students said they would not surrender as charges against them were false, while Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi asked them to join the investigation and prove their innocence.
A meeting of the top JNU officials, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Jagdesh Kumar, deliberated on return of the five students to the campus after being in hiding for 10 days but could not take a decision whether the police should be allowed to enter the campus to arrest them or the students should be asked to surrender.
The five students — Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, JNUSU general secretary Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash — had gone missing from the campus on February 12 after JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in a controversial event at the campus.
The Vice-Chancellor also met a delegation of over 300 teachers from the university.
On their part, the students said they would not surrender as charges against them were false, while Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi asked them to join the investigation and prove their innocence.
A meeting of the top JNU officials, chaired by Vice-Chancellor Jagdesh Kumar, deliberated on return of the five students to the campus after being in hiding for 10 days but could not take a decision whether the police should be allowed to enter the campus to arrest them or the students should be asked to surrender.
The five students — Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, JNUSU general secretary Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash — had gone missing from the campus on February 12 after JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans in a controversial event at the campus.
The Vice-Chancellor also met a delegation of over 300 teachers from the university.
