New Delhi: “No direct link” has been found between Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and anti-India sloganeering at the campus on February 9, said a Delhi government report.
“I have submitted the report to the Delhi government late last (Wednesday) night,” District Magistrate, New Delhi, Sanjay Kumar, who conducted the inquiry, told IANS.
The report also stated that the role of Umar Khalid, another JNU student accused of raising anti-India slogans, needs to be further investigated.
“Umar Khalid was visible in many videos. His support for the role of Kashmir and Afzal Guru is known and he was the organiser of the event. His role needs to be further investigated,” the report states.
Sanjay Kumar refused to divulge the details but an official privy to the report, who did not want to be named, said: “The DM report says they could not find any link between what Kanhaiya Kumar said and the anti-India slogans raised at the gathering.
“No witness or video available to me could support allegation against him,” Sanjay Kumar stated in the report.
But the official said that “anti-India slogans were indeed raised in the campus. There is no doubt about it”.
“Anti-national slogans were indeed raised on the campus of the JNU. The university administration has identified few faces who were clearly heard raising anti-India slogans. Whereabouts of them should be found out and their role must be investigated further,” the report stated.
The official said that seven videos were sent to Truth Labs, Hyderabad, of which three were found to be doctored. “In those doctored versions, video has been edited and voices added,” the official said.
The state government had ordered a magisterial probe into the matter on February 13.
On February 9, a cultural event was organised at JNU to commemorate the hanging of parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
During the event, anti-India slogans were allegedly raised, following which JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested by Delhi Police on February 12.
Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail for six months by Delhi High Court on Wednesday.
(IANS)
