On 9 February 2016 , students of Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU ) held a protest on their campus against the capital punishment meted out to the 2001 Indian Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru , and Kashmiri separatist Maqbool Bhat . During the " fracas " that ensued , a small group of people raised slogans that were generally described as " anti-India " slogans . Four days after the initial event , the Delhi Police arrested JNU Student Union president Kanhaiya Kumar on charges of sedition and criminal conspiracy , under section 124 of the Indian Penal Code dating back to 1860 . Five other students : Umar Khalid , Anirban Bhattacharya , Rama Naga , Anant Prakash and Ashutosh Kumar , went into hiding after the arrest of Kanhaiya Kumar and returned 10 days later . Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya surrendered to the police and were taken into custody
2001 Indian Parliament attack
2001 Indian Parliament attack
Umar Khalid