Delhi government decides against prosecuting Kanhaiya Kumar, others in JNU sedition case
New Delhi: In some relief for former JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar and others, who have been accused of sedition, the Delhi government had decided to reject the request for sanction by Delhi Police to prosecute them.
According to a report in The Indian Express, the Home Department has found that the activities of the accused during an event on February 9, 2016 inside the university campus “do not amount to sedition against the State”.
The Arvind Kejriwal-led government, which consulted its counsel in the matter Rahul Mehra, has concluded that evidence produced in the case were ‘flimsy’.
The case is scheduled to be heard in a local court on September 18. During the last hearing in case on July 23, the court had asked the Delhi Police for a status report on grant of sanction on the next hearing i.e September 18.
Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain is yet to officially come out with the government’s stand over the matter.
courtesy: financialexpress.com
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2 held for strangling to death 3-year-old girl in Jharkhand’s Godda
Godda (PTI): Two persons were arrested for allegedly strangling to death a three-year-old girl and dumping her body into a well in Jharkhand’s Godda district, police said on Friday.
The incident took place at Makudi village within Muffasil police station limits on Thursday night, they said.
Villagers said they spotted a man identified as Prem Murmu (50) near the well at night and, suspecting foul play, informed the police.
"The kid's body was recovered from the well soon after, and Murmu was detained for questioning," said Anand Shah, the officer-in-charge of Muffasil police station.
During interrogation, Murmu told police that he and his friend Jarmen Soren (30) had killed the kid. Both were later arrested, Saha said.
"The accused were in an inebriated state at the time of the incident. They have not yet revealed the motive behind the killing. This has led to suspicion that the girl might have been raped," the OC said.
The duo have been sent to judicial custody after registering an FIR at the police station, police said.
