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Students accused of sedition visits JNU

by IBNS 21 Feb 2016, 09:39 pm

New Delhi, Feb 22 (IBNS): Five students, who are accused of sedition, returned to New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University campus.

They were reportedly missing for the past few days.

Police were not allowed entry into the college.

The five students, included Umar Khalid, who is described as the chief organiser of a event that marked the anniversary of execution of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.

Anti-India slogans were allegedly raised during the event.

 Khalid denied all charges leveled against him.

Khalid told media: "I am not a terrorist."

The nation is currently witnessing protests and counter protests over the situation arising out of anti-India slogans in the JNU campus recently, and the police cracking down on students who marked the death anniversary of Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru on its campus in the national capital.

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has been arrested  on sedition charges.