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Two Indian students accused of sedition for helping organise a protest at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University have been suspended from the campus. Two Indian students accused of sedition for helping organise a protest at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University have been suspended.
Umar Khalid has been suspended for one semester and Anirban Bhattacharya has been asked not to enter the campus for five years. Umar Khalid has been suspended for one semester and Anirban Bhattacharya has been barred from campus for five years.
Both the students have also been fined 20,000 rupees ($299; £206). Both students, and student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was also charged with sedition, have also been fined.
Student leader Kanhaiya Kumar, who was also charged with sedition, has been fined 10,000 rupees. The three students were involved in a protest, on 9 February, over the hanging of a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru.
Afzal Guru was convicted of a 2001 plot to attack India's parliament, charges he always denied. The attack, in which 14 people died, was carried out by Kashmiri militants.
His hanging in 2013 sparked protests in Kashmir, and he was seen as a martyr and a symbol of perceived injustice.
On 9 February, students at JNU held a demonstration to mark his execution. There were allegations that anti-India slogans were chanted at the protest.
Mr Kumar was arrested, while Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya went missing but later handed themselves over to the police. All three were accused of sedition.
The arrests of the students led to protests and clashes across India.
Critics condemned the charges as an assault on freedom of expression, but government ministers refused to back down, vowing to punish what they described as "anti-national elements".
In addition to being suspended from classes, Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya have been fined 20,000 rupees ($299; £206) each.
Mr Kumar has been fined 10,000 rupees.
Reports say that Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya have been blamed for "triggering communal violence" and "disrupting" harmony on the campus. Mr Kumar was found guilty of indiscipline and misconduct.Reports say that Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya have been blamed for "triggering communal violence" and "disrupting" harmony on the campus. Mr Kumar was found guilty of indiscipline and misconduct.
Mr Bhattacharya said the punishment was "unacceptable", and described it as a "fascist witch-hunt of student activists by the administration".Mr Bhattacharya said the punishment was "unacceptable", and described it as a "fascist witch-hunt of student activists by the administration".
The 9 February protest over the 2013 hanging of a Kashmiri man allegedly saw the chanting of anti-India slogans.
After Mr Kumar was arrested, the other students named in connection with the protests went missing but they resurfaced at the university later.
Mr Khalid and Mr Bhattacharya left university premises of their own accord and handed themselves over to the police.
The arrests of the students had led to protests and clashes across India.
Critics condemned the charges as an assault on freedom of expression, but government ministers refused to back down, vowing to punish what they described as "anti-national elements".
The protest was over the execution of Afzal Guru who was convicted of a 2001 plot to attack India's parliament, charges he always denied. The attack, in which 14 people died, was carried out by Kashmiri militants.
His 2013 hanging sparked protests in Kashmir, and he was seen as a martyr and a symbol of perceived injustice.
But many in India were angered when reports surfaced of anti-India slogans chanted at the protest held to mark his execution.