All India Students’ Association (AISA) president Neha Bora on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that she was not involved in a separate protest call issued by the organisation CJP at Central Park on October 16.
The duo were sent to five days’ judicial custody. She subsequently criticised the police action, questioning the legal basis for detaining people overnight. The court was hearing Bora’s plea challenging a Delhi Police notice directing her to furnish a personal bond of ₹ 10,000. A New Delhi district police officer designated as the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM) directed Bora to appear before it on Monday and execute a personal bond of ₹ 10,000 with one surety. The order was issued on October 17, the same day she was released after being detained on Friday for participating in the flag march. Bora was released at 6 am on Saturday after being held for 12 hours.
Representing the student leader in court, senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan termed her brief detention and the Delhi Police notice “completely illegal” and informed the court that she was not involved in a separate protest call by the CJP at Connaught Place. “She is not involved with the CP Central Park call, and she was dealing with her own call at Mandi House,” the advocate told the high court on Thursday. A New Delhi district police officer, designated as the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM), had directed Bora to appear before it on Monday and execute the bond. CJP founder Abhijeet Dipke announced a flag march on Friday evening after the party’s co-convenors, Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka , were arrested for unfurling the national flag at Jantar Mantar the previous Tuesday.
