Unable to find proof, police to drop sedition charge against AMU students

Delhi | Monday | 18th February, 2019

Summary:

Aligarh: Unable to find any evidence against them after examining around 40 videos, the Aligarh police decided to drop sedition charge against 14 AMU students. On February 12 AMU students allegedly had an altercation with the journalists of a news channel. 14 students were booked on sedition charges on the complaint of Mukesh Lodhi, BJYM Aligarh district president. However, no such evidence was found in the 40 videos collected from various media. It must be noted that 14 students including the current and former office-bearers of the Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union (AMUSU) were booked on sedition charges after they had had an altercation with journalists of a TV channel..