New Delhi: The Special Cell of Delhi police has seized laptops of Jawaharlal Nehru University students Umar Khalid and Anirban Bhattacharya, both facing sedition charges, sources said.
The Police got hold of the laptops to access conversations between the two, a day prior to the controversial event on February 9.
"The notice was sent to the wardens through an official channel and we asked for the laptops of Umar and Anirban, which can provide vital leads in the investigation," a senior official said.
The case was transferred to Delhi Police's Special Cell a few days before BS Bassi retired as the force's chief.
On February 12, Delhi Police had arrested JNU Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar in connection with a case of sedition and criminal conspiracy registered over an event in which anti-national slogans were raised.
The police then started conducting search operation for Khalid and Bhattacharya, who could not be spotted in the campus after an FIR was registered and re-surfaced there around 10 days later. They later surrendered and were questioned by the police for days before a court sent them to judicial custody. The police identified them as the main organisers of the February 9 event, which was held to commemorate the hanging of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru.
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