JNU sedition case: Delhi Police reminds Delhi govt on giving prosecution nod
A Delhi court had earlier directed the Delhi Police to send a reminder to the city government seeking requisite sanctions to prosecute Kanhaiya Kumar in the JNU sedition case
The Delhi Police has written to the Delhi government, reminding it about about a pending request for sanctions to prosecute former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case. Kumar and others were booked for seditions over anti-India slogans that were allegedly chanting at an event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2016.
The Delhi Police has filed a chargesheet accusing Kumar and others of sedition. The cops are awaiting permission from the Delhi government on prosecuting the case.
Earlier today, a Delhi court directed the Delhi government to file a status report till April 3 on the issue of sanctions to prosecute former JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and others in a sedition case.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Purushottam Pathak also directed the Delhi Police to send a reminder to the city government seeking requisite sanctions to prosecute Kumar.
The court passed the directions after police submitted that permission to prosecute Kumar and others has not been granted yet and the letter requesting sanction is pending with the Delhi government.
On January 14, the police had filed a charge sheet in the court against Kumar and others, including former Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, saying they were leading a procession and supported the seditious slogans raised on the campus during an event on February 9, 2016.