Just in: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union President Kanhaiya Kumar has been slapped with a Rs 10,000 fine for violating disciplinary norms in connection with the February 9 event at the university.

While JNU students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya who were in judicial custody for more than three weeks after their arrest on sedition charges in connection with the same event have been rusticated.

Omar Khalid has been rusticated from the university for one semester, while Anirban Bhattacharya has been rusticated till July 15 and cannot pursue any course for the next 5 years.  Bhattacharya has been fined Rs 20000.

A Kashmiri student Mujeeb Gattoo, who was found shouting anti-national slogans on February 9 by the varsity's High Level Enquiry Committee (HLEC) report has also been rusticated by the administration.


The committee has recommended rustication/fine for three students, withdrawal of hostel facilities/financial penalty for two students and only financial penalty for fourteen students. Two former JNU students, moreover, have been declared out of bounds, an official statement from the university read.


Pic: Comrades in arms: JNU students Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya