The National Investigation Agency on Friday summoned Prem Kumar Vijayan , a professor at the English department at Delhi University, in con...
The National Investigation Agency on Friday summoned Prem Kumar Vijayan, a professor at the English department at Delhi University, in connection with the Bhima Koregaon case, The Times of India reported. He is the second professor from the university to be questioned in the case in less than a month.
“I have been called tomorrow [Friday] morning at the headquarter here [in Delhi],” Vijayan told the newspaper. “It is just a summon notice which I have received.”
Vijayan will be produced before the deputy superintendent of police, NIA, in New Delhi, according to the notice by the investigative agency.
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On July 28, the NIA had arrested Delhi University professor MT Hany Babu. He also teaches in the university’s English department and is well-known as an anti-caste activist.
Several of Babu’s students and civil rights groups have criticised his arrest, calling it an attempt to criminalise and silence intellectuals in India. The Delhi Police on Wednesday booked six students for organising protests against Babu’s arrest and defying prohibitory orders.
Babu’s home was searched by the Maharashtra Police in September 2019 as part of their investigation into violence that broke out in Bhima...
