The status report submitted by the Delhi Police to the Delhi High Court has categorically stated JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar not only participated in the anti-national event but also organised it in connivance with other accused persons.
In the status report, a copy of which is with The Pioneer, the Delhi Police claimed that the organisers and supporters raised slogans like, “Afzal Guru zindabad”, “Bharat ki barbadi tak jung rahegi (Will fight till India is ruined)”, “Indian Army murdabad (down with Indian Army)” “India go back”, “Bharat tere tukde tukde honge - Inshaallah (India will break to pieces, God willing)”.
Saying that these slogans were anti-national, anti-constitutional and against the organs of the Government, sovereignty and integrity of the nation, police claimed that the active role of the petitioner is established during the investigation conducted so far.
The Delhi Police also clarified that the case (FIR No 110/16 under IPC Section 124A/34) was registered after due examination of unedited video footage provided by Zee News channel, the contents of the posters and the complaint forwarded by chief security officer of JNU. On investigating officer’s request, the Zee News channel had provided the copy of the unedited video footage on February 11, said the report.
The video footage — being debated as “doctored” in various sections, including petitioner as alleged by the media — is totally different and contemporaneously recorded raw unedited video footage is the basis on which the police had registered the case, the report said. The raw footage is not the sole evidence on the basis of which the investigation is proceeding, it added.
The status report was filed in the court of Justice Pratibha Rani of Delhi High Court during the hearing on Kanhaiya’s bail plea, which has now been posted for February 29.
In the 13-page status report, the Delhi Police claimed the presence of foreign elements with their face covered partially to hide their identity. “The investigation agency is looking for linkage between the petitioner (Kanhaiya), his co-accused and these foreign elements,” it said.
Opposing the bail of Kanhaiya Kumar, the police said alleged that Kanhaiya had not cooperated during the interrogation and he is “likely to commit same/similar offences if released on bail”. It also contended that if Kanhaiya is granted bail, it would send a “very wrong signal” to the student community across the country that such alleged anti-India activities can be conducted with immunity and eventually one comes out after imprisonment of couple of weeks or days.
Police said they are analysing CCTV footage provided by JNU authorities and were probing as to whether “any person with a possible anti-national background entered and or stayed on the complex which may have a direct nexus with commencement of a possible anti-national movement in the country since some persons hiding their faces are found to be present”.
Police said they were conducting a probe regarding the persons and organisations which were behind such “non-educational activities on the campus and the object behind it in larger national perspective”.
They are also investigating the source of finance for all such activities, the report said.
