Around 22 people at JNU flashpoint event identified:Police
February 26, 2016  20:17
Around 22 people present at the flashpoint JNU event, including some outsiders, have been identified after the joint interrogation of JNUSU president Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya conducted at a south Delhi police station today. "We have ascertained the identities of around 22 persons who were present in the crowd raising seditious slogans. We are likely to question them in the coming days," a police source, said adding that further details about the identified persons are yet to be verified.


He added that the police have so far been unable to identify four persons who had covered their faces with mufflers -- all believed to be outsiders -- who were spotted allegedly raising anti-national slogans at the event. 

The investigators are now awaiting the report of JNU high level committee's report on the matter which will be the deciding factor whether the varsity's vice-chancellor, who had withdrawn permission for the February 9 event, or other members of the committee will be listed as witnesses in the case, the source said. Meanwhile, the police have started preparing the evidence file of the case.
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