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JNU sedition row: High-level panel upholds decision to rusticate Umar Khalid, fine for Kanhaiya Kumar

The Jawaharlal Nehru University ’s high-level inquiry committee has upheld Umar Khalid’s rustication and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the 9 February 2016 incident. New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University ’s high-level inquiry committee has upheld Umar Khalid’s rustication and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with the 9 February 2016 incident. A JNU panel had in 2016 recommended rustication of Khalid and two other students and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on Kumar, the then JNU Students’ Union president, in connection with the campus event against Afzal Guru’s hanging during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised. Kumar, Khalid, and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested in February 2016 on charges of sedition in connection with the controversial event and are out on bail.

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