{"id":304090,"date":"2018-10-12T15:59:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=304090"},"modified":"2018-10-12T15:59:31","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T15:59:31","slug":"sedition-charges-against-2-amu-students-for-raising-anti-national-slogans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/sedition-charges-against-2-amu-students-for-raising-anti-national-slogans\/","title":{"rendered":"Sedition charges against 2 AMU students for raising anti-national slogans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-304091 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-300x286.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-768x733.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-1024x978.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-696x664.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-1068x1020.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01-440x420.jpg 440w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2018\/10\/Screenshot_20181012-212758__01.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Two Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) scholars Wasim Ayub Malik and Abdul Haseeb Mir from Jammu and Kashmir were booked for sedition on October 12 for allegedly raising anti-national slogans during a prayer meeting held in memory of Mannan Wani, AMU research scholar turned Hizbul Mujahideen militant who was killed in Handwara encounter in Kashmir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Aligarh SSP Ajay Kumar Sahni said both students Malik and Mir are research scholars pursuing PhD from the Biochemistry and History departments of the varsity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Videos showed a prayer meeting (namaz-e-janaja) being held by Malik, Mir and others on the AMU campus in memory of Wani.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">SSP Sahni further said that in one of the videos, some people in the prayer meeting are seen raising anti-national slogans, including those seeking \u2018azadi\u2019, following which they both have been charged under section 124A (sedtion) of the IPC along with other charges that include rioting and promoting enmity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">SSP added, \u201cWasim Ayub Malik and Abdul Haseeb Mir are named while there are others unidentified but involved in raising anti-national slogans. Video is being examined so that others involved are identified.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) scholars Wasim Ayub Malik and Abdul Haseeb Mir from Jammu and Kashmir were booked for sedition on October 12 for allegedly raising anti-national slogans during a prayer meeting held in memory of Mannan Wani, AMU research scholar turned Hizbul Mujahideen militant who was killed in Handwara encounter in Kashmir. 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