The security around JNU was stepped up on Wednesday after the Delhi High Court granted interim bail for six months to JNU Students’ Union president Kanhaiya Kumar who was arrested on February 12 in connection with a sedition case for raising anti-India slogans during an event organised inside the JNU campus on February 9.
A Bench of Justice Pratibha Rani gave the relief to Kanhaiya who is currently lodged in Tihar jail under judicial custody, by asking him to furnish a personal bond of Rs10,000 and a surety of like amount.
“In case Kanhaiya gets bail there is possibility that he may visit Jantar Mantar, JNU, DU and various other institutions /places along with large number of his supporters which may include left supported students organisations such as All India Students Federation and others including members of some political parties and people may oppose him in large gathering at all such places. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances so far, there is possibility of clashes among the groups,” said an intelligence report.
Also, it said keeping in view the sensitivity and gravity of the matter adequate arrangements by local police with sufficient women employees, PCR and traffic are suggested to avoid untoward incidents.
Kanhaiya was assaulted by a group of lawyers when he was being produced in the Patiala House court on February 17. He was attacked despite the presence of 890 security personnel and 27 senior officers, including a Deputy Commissioner of Police, were present in and around the court complex.
The men in uniform, posted for security measures in the court complex, were not only from the Delhi police, but also from the CRPF and the ITBP.
Kanhaiya was assaulted despite a posse of 40 police personnel, including 15 men in plainclothes, escorting him to ensure his safety in a cavalcade of six vehicles from the Vasant Kunj police station to the city court. Eyebrows were raised over the way police had failed to prevent assault on Kanhaiya in the court complex.
A copy of the report, accessed by The Pioneer, revealed there were as many as 275 personnel from the CRPF, including three assistant commandants and three inspectors; 70 personnel from the ITBP, including one assistant commandant and one inspector; 150 Delhi police personnel, including 15 inspectors and six assistant commissioners of police besides others in the court complex.