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| JNU student union leader imprisoned in Afzal Guru's old jail cell |
| 2016-02-19 |
[DAWN] Kanhaiya Kumar, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) president who was tossed in the slammerDrop the rod and step away witcher hands up! on sedition charges last week for organising an event on Afzal Guru, is being imprisoned in the same cell the Kashmiri activist was held in before he was hanged, Times of India reported. Kumar, who is being kept in cell number three at Tihar jail where Guru was also jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! , is currently under 24-hour suicide watch and is being held in isolation for two weeks. "One of the cells close to the jail entrance has been vacated and reserved for him. He will be kept under multi-layered security and only Delhi Prison officials or staff will be allowed near his cell. His food will be checked as a precautionary measure," an official said. A 12-member quick reaction team is to be deployed to his cell for 24-hour watch, and he is being jugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in ward number four, which is near the hospital, in case of an emergency. He will also be checked for suicidal tendencies. |
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