Former Delhi University lecturer SAR Geelani today remanded to two-day police custody for sedition by a Delhi court. Geelani was arrested early this morning for sedition in connection with an event at the Press Club of India in New Delhi. <br/><br/>Later, he was produced before Metropolitan Magistrate Harvinder Singh, where the police sought his custodial interrogation for two days to identify those involved in raising anti-India slogans.<br/><br/>The police told the court that an event was held on Wednesday last week in which banners were placed showing Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and Maqbool Bhat as martyrs and anti-national slogans along with slogans demanding independence for Kashmir were raised.<br/>It also said the hall in the club was booked by Geelani through one person Ali Javed by using his credit card and another person Mudassar was also involved.<br/><br/>The police told the court that it has also accessed a CCTV footage in which some unidentified persons were seen shouting slogans and Geelani was required for the purpose of<br/>their identification.
News On AIR | February 16, 2016 8:03 PM
Former DU professor SAR Geelani sent to two-day police custody
