JNU students’ union president Kanhaiya Kumar was sent back to Tihar Jail on Friday after his one-day police remand expired. Police have not pressed for further custody, saying they did not need him any longer for investigation.
A Metropolitan Magistrate sent Mr. Kumar back to judicial custody, while holding the remand proceedings at the office of a senior police officer in South Delhi with confidentiality in view of the Delhi High Court’s directions.
Police had sought a day’s custody of Kanhaiya Kumar on Thursday for confronting him with two other students — Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya — who had surrendered in a sedition case registered in connection with a controversial event organised on the JNU campus. Mr. Kumar was arrested on February 12.
Even as his judicial remand expires on March 2, the High Court is set to hear his bail application on Monday. Police are also likely to seek further remand of Umar and Anirban, whose custody expires on Saturday.
