JNU students who are sitting on hungerstrike in protest against punishments awarded by university for the controversial February 9 event on Friday screened documentary film on Muzaffarnagar riots prot
JNU students who are sitting on hungerstrike in protest against punishments awarded by university for the controversial February 9 event on Friday screened documentary film on Muzaffarnagar riots protesting the new show-cause notices issued to two students.
The university administration, meanwhile, sent the report of the university probe panel to Delhi police’s anti-terrorism unit, special cell, which is probing the sedition case registered in connection with the event on the campus against hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. Two groups of students are sitting on indefinite hungerstrike since Thursday in protest against the punishments to various students for their involvement in the February 9 event.
However, fresh protests erupted on campus in wake of the new show-cause notices issued to two students — Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya — who are already facing rustication for the Afzal Guru event.
The duo, have been asked to explain their position in connection with screening of documentary “Muzaffarngar abhi baqi hai”, which was organised by a group of students last August. They have been asked to appear before the chief proctor and bring evidences, if any, in their defence.
Questioning the administration’s action after over nine months since the event took place, JNUSU held a screening of the documentary on the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots at the administration block.
The students also slammed the sharing with police of the five-member probe panel report based on which the decision regarding punishments has been taken by the university.
Reacting to the notice, Umar said, “I have only one question to ask the JNU administration — it took you nine months to wake up from your slumber and realise this great “indiscipline” on our part! Is it a simple coincidence that the authorities chose to send this notice to us when we are already into a movement against witch-hunt of students ” However, the university administration maintained silent over the reasons behind initiating the action nine months after the event took place.
On basis of the recommendations of the probe panel, JNU had earlier this week announced punishments against several students in connection with the event.
