Paying The Price For Threatening Violence At This University On I-Day

New Delhi: Two people have been arrested for posting a video on Facebook in which they have threatened to cause violence Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Independence Day.

Delhi Police apprehended Vikas Sehrawat and Raja Kumar following a complaint lodged by JNU students’ union (JNUSU) on Sunday. Police officials said that the threat came through a video posted on the Facebook page of ‘Mahakal Youth Brigade’.

“After receiving the PCR call, police personnel were deployed in plain clothes at all gates. The caller came to police station and filed the complaint, also JNUSU office bearers wrote similar complaint, in which they alleged that the video promotes disharmony and enmity between religions, using inflammatory language and also openly issuing threats to (cause) physical hurt,” said DCP (Southwest Delhi) Ingit Pratap Singh.

Sehrawat was identified as the person giving the call for violence in the videos while 19-year-old Raja is owner of the phone which used to upload the video.

In the videos, Sehrawat calls for people to enter the JNU campus to hoist saffron flags in presence of “anti-national” teachers and students.

“This man just threatened JNU students. After the January 5 incident we should be aware of such videos and we need to report to the authorities as soon as possible,” said JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh.

A case has been registered under Section 153A (promoting enmity), 295A (insulting religious beliefs), 505 and 506 (criminal intimidation) of Indian Penal Code.