Vital information is coming out about the wide ‘network’ and ‘modus operandi’ of the main suspect at large Umar Khalid in the February 9 Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) event held on the campus in which anti-India slogans were raised to hail Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
Besides Khalid, another key player has been identified as Banojyotsna lahiri, a guest faculty lecturer at Ambedkar University. She was the one who conceptualised the parameters of the event in consultation with Khalid, according to a confidential report prepared by the Delhi Police.
The report that carries profiles of all the suspects revealed that lahiri is associated with the Democratic Students’ Union activities in JNU.
“She is said to have conceptualised the parameters of the event in consultation with Khalid. She had reportedly proposed the title of the event “A country without a post office; against the Brahminical cannibal collective conscience, against judicial murder of Afzal Guru. AFSPA and atrocities by the Indian Army. Right to self determination, including assassination of people of Kashmir etc) and also had suggested agenda for mobilisation/propaganda for the event,” the report said.
Sources said there are reports that Khalid had also brought on board an academician of Ambedkar University. The investigators already prepared a dossier of the accused 20 students directly or indirectly involved with the controversial event have started a massive hunt to nab them.
The intelligence agencies are busy tracking their locations, said sources.
Other student who are on police radar, include Anirban Bhattacharya, Rubina Saifi, Komal Bharat Mohite, Ashwati, Anwesha, Anjali Jha, Bhawana Bedi and Samar. Also, police are looking for students whose names had been mentioned by the Special Branch in its situation report.
The investigators are also on the lookout for DSF president V lenin Kumar, its secretary Ishan Anand and members Roshan Kishore, Zioo Das Gupta, Robert Rehman Raman, Rick Mukherjee, Mohd Attmash, Ruchira Sen, Anshul Dwivedi and Koyal Varma.
The report stated, “Khalid is pursuing his PhD from the School of Social Science. He had done his Master’s in History from JNU itself. He reportedly did his MPhil from the same
varsity and his area of field work was Jharkhand. He is a resident of Tapti Hostel. He is said to be the main organiser of the controversial event and was reportedly supported by Anirban Bhattacharya and lahiri. Khalid was reportedly one of the applicants who had sought permission for organising the event at Sabarmati Dhaba”.
It is understood that Khalid belongs from Uttar Pradesh and is not from Kashmir as was rumoured earlier.
In an internal report, IB has clearly said Khalid is having links with Pakistan-based terror group Jaish-e-Mohammed.
The report pointed out that Bhattacharya is pursuing his PhD in Modern History and is a resident of Bramputra Hostel and was also involved in preparing the propaganda material and distributions, including posters and banners.
He was among the applicants seeking permission for the event. Rubina Saifi, who is married to one Reyaz-ul-Haq, is doing her PhD and is said to have participated in the programme. Her name was mentioned on the poster issued for mobilisation of the event.
The report further stated that Komal Bharat Mohite of Ganga Hostel too was among the applicants who had applied for booking of Sabarmati Dhaba.
Reports suggested that names of School of International Studies student Ashwati, along with Bhawana Bedi, Analaji Jha, and Komal Bharat Mohite, were mentioned on the poster issued for mobilisation of the event.
While he is resident of Ganga Hostel, Ashwati is putting up in Shipra Hostel.