The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi has given a go-ahead to the city police to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others in connection with a 2016 sedition case, sources said on Friday. The police had filed a charge sheet against Kumar and others, including former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya on January 14, 2019. They were charged with leading a procession and supporting the seditious slogans allegedly raised on the campus during an event on February 9, 2016.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) government in Delhi has given a go-ahead to the city police to prosecute former JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar and two others in connection with a 2016 sedition case, sources said on Friday. The police had filed a charge sheet against Kumar and others, including former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya on January 14, 2019. They were charged with leading a procession and supporting the seditious slogans allegedly raised on the campus during an event on February 9, 2016.