JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya,
accused of sedition, have surrendered before the Delhi Police, hours
after the High Court refused to give them any protection from arrest.
The two students, who had been camping at the JNU
campus since Sunday night, surrendered at midnight. They drove from the
administrative block to the main gate of the university and were
escorted in a private security vehicle to an undisclosed location.
Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya are likely to be produced before a magistrate today.
The students had moved the High Court for
protection to surrender and requested that they be allowed to do so at a
secret location. They cited the attack on their arrested comrade
Kanhaiya Kumar, who was attacked last week when he was being taken to
court for a bail hearing.
The police, however, told the court that they would not be able to manage law and order at a location chosen by the students.
The court said: "You can't use your whim and
fancy. You have to follow the procedure, surrender or arrest. You have
to be produced before a magistrate and he will decide whether you go
into police custody or jail."
Umar Khalid and Anirban have been accused of
organizing an event on February 9 to mark the anniversary of the hanging
of terrorist Afzal Guru, in which anti-India slogans were raised.
Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested earlier this month for
his alleged role in that event. He is in the Tihar Jail. His bail plea
will also be heard by the high court today.
On Sunday night, Umar Khalid, Anirban and three
other students accused of sedition, missing for days, showed up on the
JNU campus and challenged the police to arrest them. The police were not
allowed to enter the campus and said the students must surrender.
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