New Delhi: Five Jawaharlal Nehru University students, who are accused of sedition, are likely to file a plea in the court on Tuesday seeking security, said sources. This comes after JNU Students' Union leader Kanhaiya Kumar was assaulted by a group of lawyers at the Patiala House court.
The plea could not be filed on Monday due to technical reasons, sources added.
The five students -- Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, JNUSU General Secretary Rama Naga, Ashutosh Kumar and Anant Prakash -- had gone missing from the campus since February 12 after Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested on sedition charges for allegedly raising anti-India slogans during a controversial event at the campus.
The police was also cautious in dealing with the five students who said they were ready to be arrested even as the university authorities were undecided on asking them to surrender before the law enforcing agency.
The students, however, said they will not surrender as charges against them were false, a day after they resurfaced at the campus. On his part, Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi asked the students to join investigations and prove their innocence.
A meeting of top JNU officials, chaired by Vice Chancellor Jagdesh Kumar, deliberated on return of the five students to the campus after being in hiding for 10 days but could not take a decision whether police should be allowed to enter the campus to arrest them or the students should be asked to surrender.
Meanwhile, the university extended the tenure of the three-member committee enquiring the incident, till March 3. Its tenure was to come to an end on February 25.
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