Umar Khalid to challenge JNU panel's recommendation upholding his rustication

July 06, 2018 17:25

JNU student Umar Khalid today said that the students will not "lie low" and vowed to challenge in court the University panel's recommendation upholding his rustication in connection with the February 9, 2016 incident against Afzal Guru's hanging during which anti-national slogans were allegedly raised in the campus.

In a statement released on social media, Khalid said this is the third time in the last two years that the administration has come up with a rustication order against him in the case-- an order that has been twice set aside by the courts.

"We once again reject this farce of an enquiry along with its findings and verdict. It is against all principles of natural justice, and is riddled with contradictions, lies and malice which will soon be exposed again. We will once again challenge this in court," he added.

The PhD scholar said that they were being "targeted in a systematic and a malafide manner by an enquiry that was prejudiced against us from day one".

The inquiry committee upheld Khalid's rustication and a fine of Rs 10,000 imposed on Kanhaiya Kumar, the then students' union president, in connection with the campus event against Guru's hanging.

The five-member panel had also suspended two more students and imposed financial penalty on 13 others for violation of disciplinary norms.

Kumar, Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were arrested in February 2016 on charges of sedition in connection with the controversial event and are out on bail.

Read Umar Khalid's full statement HERE

-- PTI

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