JNU row: Delhi govt mulls legal action against TV channels that aired doctored video

Out of the 7 JNU incident videos sent to Truth Labs, Hyderabad, 3 were found to be doctored

The Aam Aadmi government is likely to take legal action against three news channels that allegedly ran doctored videos of some Jawaharlal Nehru University students raising "anti-national" slongans on February 9, sources said on Monday.

The move comes after a magistrate report submitted to the Delhi government on March 2 said that "no direct link" has been found between JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar and the anti-India sloganeering event.

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Earlier in the day, Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), general secretary Sitaram Yechury and Janata Dal-United leader K.C. Tyagi met Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal over the issue.

The DM's report said that seven videos related to JNU incident were sent to Truth Labs, Hyderabad, of which three were found to be doctored. "In those doctored versions, video has been edited and voices added," the report said.

The state government ordered a magisterial probe into the matter on February 13.

The report added that the role of Umar Khalid, another JNU student accused of raising anti-India slogans, needs to be further investigated.

On February 9, a cultural event was organised at the JNU to commemorate the third anniversary of the execution of parliament terror attack convict Afzal Guru.

During the event, anti-India slogans were allegedly raised, following which JNU students leader Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested by Delhi Police on February 12 on charges of sedition.

Kanhaiya Kumar was granted interim bail for six months by the Delhi High Court on Wednesday.