AMN /
Adarsh Sharma,the man who put up posters offering Rs. 11 lakh to anyone who kills JNU student Kanhaiya Kumar, has been arrested today. Sharma claims to be the president of an organisation he calls the Purvanchal Sena, which police officials say is probably a fringe organisation if at all it exists.
On Saturday, his posters announcing the reward for shooting dead Mr Kumar were stuck on walls at different spots in.
Kumar was arrested on charges of sedition on February 12 and released on bail last week. He was accused of being part of a programme organised on the JNU campus on February 9 in which anti-national slogans were raised.
The poster said, “Whosoever shoots JNU Students’ Union president and seditionist Kanhaiya will be rewarded Rs. 11 lakh on the behalf of Purvanchal Sena.” It carried the mobile number and name of Adarsh Sharma, identifying him as the president of Purvanchal Sena. On the same day, the police registered a case of defacement of property and questioned him. But, he was not arrested.
They arrested Adarsh Sharma today on charges of criminal intimidation, inciting violence and forgery.
“I am a follower of Bahgat Singh, Sukhdev and Nathuram Godse. I stand by what I said. I am not a follower of Gandhi. I will shoot them, people from my group will shoot them and we will create such atmosphere in the country where people will start thinking about Nationalism” adarsh told a TV Channel.