Search warrant issued against Jignesh, Khalid
Mumbai, Jan 4 :City police on Thursday issued a search warrant against Gujarat Independent MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani and JNU student activist Umar Khalid.
The step came close on the heels of the cancellation by authorities of All India National Students Summit 2018 at Mithibai College Auditorium in Vile Parle, which the two were scheduled to address.
Police has also prohibited assembly around Mithibai College.
Several students belonging to Chhatra Bharti who were protesting the cancellation of the event were taken into preventive custody.
Pune Police, meanwhile, has registered an First Information Report against the two leaders for their alleged “provocative” speeches at an event in Pune on 31 December.(Agencies)
