New Delhi, January 14: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) on Monday expressed its solidarity with each and every student who is being accused in the charge sheet filed in 2016. This comes after special cell of Delhi Police filed a 1200 page charge sheet against 35 people including former JNU students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar and activists including Anirban Bhattacharya and Umar Khalid. Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid Charged With Sedition in JNU Case Chargesheet; Shehla Rashid, Aparajita Named as Accused 'Without Evidence'.

The charge sheet is filed under Indian Penal Code (IPC) sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 124A (sedition), 465 (forgery), 143 (punishment for unlawful assembly), 471 (using as genuine, forged document), 147 (rioting), 149 (unlawful assembly with common object) and 120B (criminal conspiracy).  From 'Bharat Tere Tukde Honge' to 'Kashmir Ki Azaadi': List of All Slogans Allegedly Raised by Chargesheeted JNU Students.

Hours after police filed charge sheet, Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya jointly issued a statement in a Facebook post in which they said, "We congratulate the Delhi Police, the Home Ministry and the government for waking up from their deep slumber 3 years after 9 Feb 2016, and barely 3 months before the general elections 2019 and filing a charge sheet against us."

The event, to commemorate the death anniversary of convicted Kashmiri militant Afzal Guru, at the JNU in 2016 had sparked controversy and outrage after allegations were made that anti-nation slogan was raised by Umar Khalid, Kanhaiya Kumar and several others. Several videos of the incident went viral on social media. However, some of the clips were found to be doctored.

According to Police, after a forensic examination of the videos, four clips are found to be genuine in which Kanhaiya, Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya and others are seen shouting contentious slogans. As a proof, police have also attached a report of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory which reportedly certified the authenticity of the clips.

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