- Lawyers attack JNU supporters and media at Patiala House Court.
- JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar arrested for sedition on Friday.
- JNU protesters formed a human chain on Sunday, protesting his arrest.
- Kumar will be produced in court today.
- Event on Afzal Guru’s death anniversary sparked protests.
- Eight more students were arrested on Saturda.y
- BJP president Amit Shah, Union Ministers Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani called students “anti-national”.
- Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi says Kumar did indeed raise anti-national slogans.
- Tweets from 26/11 convict Hafiz Saeed blasphemous, inciting Indian youth: Bassi.
Lawyers at the Patiala House Court attacked journalists and JNU supporters, seriously injuring a few on Monday afternoon. The inaction of police in the incident despite being present in 100s, according to one of the reporters who was attacked, is questionable.
According to one of the journalists, the incident was triggered by a miscreant who came to the court with a group of people; some of them in black coats. The unidentified person screamed slogans against JNU students and faculty members before the local lawyers joined him in attacking the JNU supporters and the reporters who were present.
However, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi has called it a minor incident and defended the police inaction in the incident while speaking to NDTV.
Bar Council of India condemns attack on journalists in Patiala House Court, assures investigation by former HC judge.BCI Chairman
The videos from the site show lawyers thrashing journalists even as few reports blame JNU protesters for the attack.
Amit Pandey of IBN7, Alok Singh of The Indian Express, Azaan from DNA, and Amiya Kushwaha from IANS were beaten outside the sessions court in Delhi.
BJP president Amit Shah put out a blog post blaming the students for the slogans raised during an event held in support of 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru on his death anniversary.
What happened in JNU cannot be termed pro-nationalist. Anti-national slogans raised in the university cannot be acceptable to Indians...Has Rahul Gandhi lent his voice to separatists in the country? Does he want another partition of the country? Would it have been right for the government not to have acted against anti-national elements? Are you supporting anti-nationalism?Amit Shah’s Blog Post
Guru was hanged on 9 February 2013 for his involvement in an attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001.
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