Panel findings: Slogans raised by outsiders, says JNU committee

A 5-member ‘high-level committee’ formed by the JNU administration has blamed an unidentified group of 10-15 outsiders for raising controversial slogans. The panel did not say that Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya shouted any of the controversial slogans. Some key observations:

Slogans Raised by Outsiders

Presence of outsiders noted by security staff and confi rmed by eye witnesses. Outsiders had their head and faces covered by a cloth/scarf most of the time

The outsiders shouted: "Kashmir ki aazadi tak, jang rahegi, jang rahegi"; "Bharat ko ragda, de ragda"; "zor se ragdo, de ragda"

Objectionable slogans raised in presence of Umar Khalid, Anirban

Misled About Nature of Event

Acts of indiscipline were committed and certain norms of conduct violated by event organisers

Permission process circumvented; it’s clear by taking in view the sequence of events as constructed by the depositions and examination of witness and material evidence made available to the committee

Unfortunate organisers allowed event to be taken over by outsiders

Kanhaiya, Saurabh Kumar ‘Present’

None of JNUSU office-bearers acted with responsibility

Booking requisition form filled by Umar Khalid.

Undertaking signed by four students, including Anirban Bhattacharya; Kumar, Rama Naga, Anirban addressed gathering but "what they said was not audible" to eyewitnesses. Police present

When crowd gathered for the event at Sabarmati ground, it started moving suddenly towards Ganga Dhaba in a procession. Khalid, Ashutosh, Rama Naga and Kumar were on one side and ABVP’s Saurabh Sharma, Vinit Lal and Shruti Agnihotri were on other side.