19 February,2016 06:15 AM IST | | Agencies
Amid mounting outrage over JNU row, it has emerged now that JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar was slapped with a sedition charge based on an edited video clip of the controversial event at the university
New Delhi: Amid mounting outrage over JNU row, it has emerged now that JNUSU leader Kanhaiya Kumar was slapped with a sedition charge based on an edited video clip of the controversial event at the university aired by a Hindi news channel.
Kanhaiya Kumar (C). Pic/PTI
According to the FIR, police slapped the case of sedition against JNUSU president Kumar on February 11 after obtaining the video clip of the event, held two days earlier, from the channel, though policemen were present at the event. Police had arrested Kumar on February 12.
The FIR said after receiving information from JNU about possible trouble at the event, three constables were sent in civil clothes there. There were some policemen in uniform too.
In the later stages of investigation, the police acquired two more video clips. According to the FIR, the video showed that students raised pro-Pakistan slogans at the event. It said around 80-90 students were present at the event.
