Umar, Anirban facilitated entry of outsiders : JNU probe panel

The five-member panel reported that outsiders had raised anti national slogans inside the university campus on that day and found  21 students including the daughter of CPI MP D Raja guilty of violating university norms.

The panel, in its report, stated that Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya were guilty of creating disharmony and spreading divisive tendencies among students.

According to reports, the  panel also  said it was a "willful defiance" on the part of students to go ahead with their programme despite cancellation of permission.

At the same time, the committee pointed out lapses committed by the university's security which, it said, did not make any efforts to stop outsiders from leaving the campus.

"The organisers disobeyed the instructions from the administration about not holding the event. This amounts to willful defiance. It is most unfortunate that the organisers allowed the event to be taken over by a group of outsiders who created a charged atmosphere by raising provocative slogans," it said.

"This act by outsiders has brought disrepute to the entire JNU community."

"The committee also notes that none of the JNUSU office-bearers acted with due responsibility. The office-bearers had to behave with even more restraint and caution befitting the position they hold."

"They need to rise above the politics and other differences as they represent the student community. It is unbecoming of student representatives that they should be found engaging in disorderly conduct or condoning it," it added.

The panel has identified a few students guilty of procuring permission from the university on false pretext, while observing at the same time that the  Dean of Students (DoS) should have withdrawn the permission in writing and not by sending text message to the Chief Security Officer.