3 JNU students to allow police to question them

Easing their stand on cooperation with the Delhi police, the three JNU students who are among those whom the police was looking for in connection with a sedition case have written to the Delhi police on Wednesday, sharing their contact details and communicating that they are open to “questioning or arrest”.

JNUSU general secretary Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash, along with Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, had gone missing from the campus since February 12 after JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising antiIndia slogans.

They surfaced on the varsity on Sunday night. Earlier, the trio refused to give themselves.

“Three of them wrote a letter to police detailing their room numbers and hostels and contact numbers. They said that police can arrest or question them as and when required,” AISA president Sucheta De said adding, “None of the JNU students have ever avoided what the existing laws of the country tell, but all of them have been framed on basis of forged videos without any enquiry. We will fight for justice for Kanhaiya, Umar and Anirban and there is no question of the trio surrendering before police.”

The students also feature in the list of those who were academically debarred by the university on basis of a preliminary enquiry report by a high-level committee probing the issue.

The varsity has allowed them to stay as guests in hostels to enable them to participate in enquiry process.