The Delhi Police is carrying out searches in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir for students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), accused of shouting anti-India slogans at a controversial event. The police to submit its report in the Delhi High Court at 2 pm.


The police claim to have identified all the students who shouted slogans at an event on February 9 to mark the anniversary of the execution of terrorist Afzal Guru, who was hanged in 2013.


The JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested last week on sedition charges for allegedly raising slogans at the event.


A similar incident at Bengal's prestigious Jadavpur University has now drawn the notice of the Centre. The home ministry has asked for a report from the state government on anti-India slogans raised at the university yesterday.


The government has so far not budged from its view that Kanhaiya Kumar chanted anti-India slogans and is guilty of sedition.