Khalid’s friends questioned

The Delhi Police on Sunday questioned two friends of Umar Khalid, who is wanted in connection with the sedition case registered over the controversial event at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU).

One friend, a student of a Central University here, was questioned at a South Delhi police station for nearly six hours. According to police sources, he is suspected to have helped Khalid “logistically” in organising the event. Sources said the student was most likely present at JNU during the event as well. The police might call him for questioning again.

The other friend Sadiq Naqvi, a journalist, was questioned for the second time in connection with the case.

The police had approached him in Bijnor, Uttar Pradesh, and questioned him about Khalid’s whereabouts. Naqvi was Khalid’s classmate at Delhi University, where they both pursued graduation together. Khalid is one of the 10 youths, who the police are looking out for in connection with the event in JNU where anti-India slogans were allegedly raised.

A list of around 50 people, associated with the event that took place on February 9 has been prepared by the police.

The police have also asked the university administration to forward a copy of their internal enquiry report.

Meanwhile, around 10 days after registering a sedition case in connection with the event on the basis of a video clip broadcast by a Hindi news channel, the police have now asked the channel for the raw footage of the event and the chip in which the video was stored. A letter communicating the matter to the channel was sent yesterday, a senior official said. The investigating officer of the case has asked the channel for the camera with which the event was covered.