JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar taken to Tihar jail from Patiala House court

Arrested JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday told metropolitan magistrate Lovleen when he was produced for remand proceedings that some outsiders had entered JNU and along with students they were raising slogans.

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Kanhaiya Kumar was manhandled at Delhi's Patiala House court

New Delhi,UPDATED: Feb 17, 2016 22:43 IST

Arrested JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar on Wednesday told metropolitan magistrate Lovleen when he was produced for remand proceedings that he condemns what happened on February 9, 2016, in JNU and appealed to everyone not to disturb the peace of the country, society and institution.

Kanhaiya Kumar's letter.

"I believe in the Constitution of India. I condemn what happened on February 9, 2016. After seeing the video, I got to know that some outsiders had entered JNU and along with students they were raising slogans. I don't support such sloganeering. I appeal to everyone not to disturb the peace of the country, society and institution," Kanhaiya said.

BS Bassi, Delhi Police Commissioner, said Kanhaiya Kumar was only jostled around during his appearance in Patiala House court complex.

JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar was not beaten up during his appearance in Patiala House court complex in Delhi but was only jostled around: BS Bassi, Delhi Police Commissioner.
Kanhaiya, who was charged with sedition and arrested on February 13, 2016, has been taken to Tihar jail from Patiala House court amid tight security and sloganeering by lawyers.
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I am an Indian who has full faith in judiciary and the Constitution: Kanhaiya
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The accused man left the courtroom without being stopped by the police.
The court asked Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi to personally guarantee Kumar's safety.
Kumar was punched, kicked and dragged by the lawyers, who later boasted to the police that "their job was done".
Kumar was medically examined inside the courtroom. A doctor said Kumar had suffered abrasions on his nose, legs and face.
A team of lawyers sent by the Supreme Court spoke to Kumar and reported that he was "terrorised".
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Use of force in the court would have been counter-productive.We followed norms of prudent policing: BS Bassi, Delhi Police Commissioner

The Supreme Court on Wednesday formed a 5-member advocate panel as Court Commissioners to go to Patiala House Court and assess the situation there when it was unable to get information on developments in Kanhaiya's case. The 5-member advocate team on Wednesday submitted their findings in SC. Their report said Kanhaiya was beaten up while he was brought inside the court.

"We are shocked. There is atmosphere of terror. Small stones were thrown on us," The delegation said.

Meanwhile, JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has been sent to judicial custody till March 2, 2016. According to sourses, he will be kept in cell number 3 of Tihar jail in Delhi.

Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi today briefed the Prime Minister's office on the JNU case. Bassi said that no clean chit has been given to JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar.

There are reports of scuffle outside the Patiala House court in Delhi. Lawyers raised slogans outside the court premises. The same lawyers who were seen assaulting journalists and JNU students on the Monday were again leading the protests today. According to sources, the clash took place between pro and anti Kanhaiya supporters.

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Team of judges headed by District Judge Patiala House court reviewed the security inside court room and court premises.
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Lawyers including Vikram Chauhan raise slogans of "Vande Mataram" and "Bharat Mata Ki Jai" outside Patiala House Court, Delhi.

Dramatic scenes were witnessed in the Supreme Court during the hearing of a plea on the Patiala House Court violence in which lawyers thrashed journalists and Jawaharlal Nehru University students. A lawyer present in the courtroom shouted slogans of 'Vande Mataram' disrupting the proceedings.

Delhi Police teams are conducting raids in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir. They are on the lookout for Umar Khalid, Anirbhan Bhattacharya, Riazul Haq and Rubina Saifee-all of whom are DSU members who allegedly organised the event on the eve of February 9, where anti-India slogans were raised.

Here are the latest updates in the story

Union Telecom Minister and senior BJP leader Ravishankar Prasad regreted the actions of BJP MLA OP Sharma. Speaking to India today Prasad said the BJP leader should not have taken law in his own hands and not resorted to violence. He, however, justified the strict action taken by Delhi Police against JNU students and said Modi government will not tolerate anti-national activities of any kind on campus.
A group of hackers on Tuesday hacked the website of Jawaharlal Nehru University's central library. When a user tried to log in to lib.jnu.ac.in, what they saw was the Indian flag with the song "Aye mere watan ke logon" playing in the background. The website claimed to be hacked by a group called "Bl@Ck Dr@GoN" who left a message on the page, "As You Said Kashmir ki Aazadi Tak Jang Rahegi-Jang Rahegi." (You are thinking that you will get Kashmir just by barking in the campus of JNU.)"The hacking of the website was noticed after office hours.
Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi today briefed the Prime Minister's office on the Jawaharlal Nehru? (JNU)case. He gave a status update on the JNU incident to the PMO. Bassi said that no clean chit has been given to JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) president Kanhaiya Kumar.
During an interrogation, SAR Geelani admitted he held meeting like the one happened in Press Club twice earlier. He also revealed it was a person called Mudassar, a PhD student who had mobilised people at the Press Club meeting. He said Mudassar was an aquaintance and he belongs to another university.
Demanding beef in the hostel mess and worshipping 'Mahisasur' (a demon) are among the anti-national activities of the students listed by Delhi Police in a report on the controversial event organised in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) to commemorate the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru. The report submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) states that extreme Left group - the Democratic Student's Union (DSU) - was behind the protest on February 9. Along with DSU the report also mentions Democratic Student's Front that has been involved in "anti-national activities" in JNU in the past.
India Today has accessed interrogation report of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar. During his interrogation Kanhaiya Kumar has denied raising anti-India slogans at the pro-Afzal event that was organised on the JNU campus on February 9. However, Kumar admitted criticising RSS and PM Modi.
MHA sources have told India Today that they have suggested that slapping of the serious charges against kanhaiya Kumar could be an act of "over enthusiasm" on the part of some Delhi Police officers.
BJP leader Subramanian Swamy said that filtering the JNU hostel of anti-nationals is important."JNU must shut down for 4 months and reopen after getting the students to sign the affidavit stating to uphold constitution of India, only those would be allowed to come back," he said. He aslo attacked the Left, saying that their mentality is anti-national.
BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today came out in support of Kanhaiya Kumar. He said JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar has done nothing anti-national or against constitution. "Have heard transcript of speech of Kanhaiya, our Bihar boy president of JNUSU. He has said nothing anti national or against constitution", the senior BJP leader tweeted.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has written a leteer to PM Modi raising concerns on the JNU developments. He wrote, "whatever happened at Patiala House Court is failure of the system. The way students, professors and media personnel were assaulted inside the court room is just unbelievable. If people are not safe inside court rooms, then where are can we expect safety?"
Kumar was arrested by the Delhi Police on February 12 on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy. Kumar is currently in judidical custody and is being questioned by officials from the Delhi Police.