The Delhi police will file a Sedition Charges on Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid!

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police will soon file a charge sheet in the sedition case against former JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar and other activists friends, including Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, Delhi Police commissioner Amulya Patnaik confirmed on Wednesday.

Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, and Anirban Bhattacharya were basically arrested in 2016 in a charge sheet of sedition case for intentionally organizing an event in Jawaharlal Nehru University campus against the hanging of Parliament-attack mastermind Afzal Guru. The arrests even had triggered a huge controversy with the opposition slamming the police for “working at the behest of the ruling BJP”.

“The case is in the stage of finalization. The investigation was complex as the team also had to visit other states to take statements. The charge sheet will be going to filed soon,” Mr. Patnaik said.
The controversial event at the JNU had sparked outrage after allegations were made that anti-national slogans were raised.

The main part is the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar catapulted him to national fame and resulted in protests across the country.