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JNU row: Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya surrender to Delhi Police

Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, accused of sedition for shouting anti-India slogans, surrendered outside the institute’s gate on Tuesday night and were taken to South Campus RK Puram police station. Read | We fear lynching and witch-hunt: JNU student charged with sedition Besides, the court directed Delhi Police to file a status report on arrested JNU student union leader Kanhaiya Kumar’s bail plea by Wednesday, the next date of hearing. He, Bhattacharya, JNU student union general secretary Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash Narayan were accused by police of shouting seditious slogans. Delhi Police, in their latest report, cited evidence collected by the JNU internal inquiry committee that suggests eight students, including Kumar, allegedly shouted unconstitutional slogans.

Hindustan Times

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