JNU Sedition Case: Court Grants Police More Time

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday sought a status report from the Delhi Police on the grant of sanctions by the AAP government to prosecute former Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union President Kanhaiya Kumar and student leader Umar Khalid in the JNU sedition case. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Manish Khurana directed the concerned Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) to file a status report on grant of sanctions by September 18, the next date of hearing. The court’s direction came after the Investigating Officer (I/O) in the case told the court that he did not have any information regarding the grant of sanctions in the case. (IANS)

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