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Two months after they were sent to jail on charges of sedition, the JNU on Monday fined student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and rusticated three students for taking part in an event to commemorate parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. While Kanhaiya Kumar, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) president, was fined Rs 10,000, Anirban Bhattacharya was rusticated till July 15 and barred from the university from July 25 for five years. He can submit his Phd during the July 15-25 period.
Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid will lose a semester of their academic session while Mujeeb Gattoo, another student, has been suspended for two semesters, an order from the university proctor said. Khalid also must cough up Rs 20,000 in fine by May 13.
Ten other students were also fined varying amounts, including one from the ABVP on charges of obstructing traffic in the campus.
Bhattacharya, Khalid and Gattoo were accused of taking part in a meeting on February 9 in the campus where “objectionable slogans” were raised, which the order said demanded “stringent punishment”.
The university said the organisers showed defiance by holding the meeting against the wishes of the administration.
JNU fines Kanhaiya Kumar Rs 10,000, rusticates three students | The Financial Express
Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid will lose a semester of their academic session while Mujeeb Gattoo, another student, has been suspended for two semesters, an order from the university proctor said. Khalid also must cough up Rs 20,000 in fine by May 13.
Ten other students were also fined varying amounts, including one from the ABVP on charges of obstructing traffic in the campus.
Bhattacharya, Khalid and Gattoo were accused of taking part in a meeting on February 9 in the campus where “objectionable slogans” were raised, which the order said demanded “stringent punishment”.
The university said the organisers showed defiance by holding the meeting against the wishes of the administration.
JNU fines Kanhaiya Kumar Rs 10,000, rusticates three students | The Financial Express
