Expel CPM Kanhaiya & 4 more for Anti-India Afzal event. JNU Probe panel, raises protest from JNU

'What Evidence?' Anger In JNU as Report says Expel Kanhaiya Kumar & Co

JNU inquiry report recommends expulsion of Kanhaiya Kumar, 4 others

NEW DELHI:  A JNU inquiry report that reportedly recommends the expulsion of five students including Kanhaiya Kumar and has led to a notice to 21 students asking them to explain their conduct has provoked anger and resentment on the campus.

Here are 10 developments in the story:

1. The report has said Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and three other students should be expelled for their alleged role in a February 9 event to mark the anniversary of the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, where anti-India slogans were raised.

2. "The high-level committee has recommended rustication of five students after its investigation over a month's time. However, the final call in this regard will be taken by the Vice Chancellor and Proctor's office," sources told PTI.
3. The university also sent a notice to 21 students, including Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, for "violating the university's rules and norms" and asked them to give their explanation by tomorrow.
4. "Disclose the evidence based on which action has been recommended," said Ajay Patnaik, the chief of the faculty association at JNU or Jawaharlal Nehru University.
5. Students who have received the university's showcause notice have also asked for the report to be made public.
6. "The notice is very vague. It doesn't say what we have done. It asks us to clarify, but what should we clarify?" questioned one of the students, Anand Prakash.
7. Mr Prakash alleged that the inquiry committee formed at the height of the controversy last month had shown bias in the past. "We were suspended 24 hours after the inquiry committee was formed," he said.
8. The university's top officers including the Vice Chancellor met on Monday and discussed the report for issuing notice to the students.
9. Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested last month on charges of sedition. Mr Kumar was released on bail from Tihar Jail on March 3 while Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya are still in judicial custody.
10. The university had, on March 11, revoked the academic suspension of eight students including Kanhaiya Kumar following outrage and said that they would be banned from academic activities until the inquiry was over.