NIA to probe JNU case? Delhi HC to decide tomorrow

ABVP activists take out a march in New Delhi on Friday against a protest held at Jawaharlal Nehru University where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.

A plea was on Monday filed in the Delhi High Court seeking National Investigation Agency (NIA) probe in the sedition case in which JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested.

The plea, which was mentioned before a Bench of Justices B.D. Ahmed and R.K. Gauba, also sought a judicial inquiry in the entire case, soon after a group of men dressed as lawyers thrashed students and mediapersons in the Patiala House court complex.

The petition, filed by one Ranjana Agnihotri, alleged that the Delhi Police was not investigating the case properly and the matter should be transferred to the NIA.

The Bench, however, posted the matter for hearing on Tuesday, observing that the Delhi Police was already conducting a probe and would take the case to its logical conclusion.

“The police is probing it. What is the urgency? List it for tomorrow,” the Bench said.

The petitioner’s counsel, advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, told the Bench that media houses should be directed to place on record the video footage of the programme held in Jawharlal Nehru University (JNU) on February 9 in which anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.