J&K students held in Agra still in jail for want of bail guarantors

The court had granted the three bail on a surety bond of Rs 2 lakh each. “We somehow arranged the money and deposited it in the bank,” Ahmad said. The family partly arranged the money through a crowdfunding campaign. However, by the time the money and documents were arranged, police came up with the verification demand. “We have forwarded the same to the J&K Police,” Ahmad said.

Nasir Khuehami, spokesperson of the J&K Students’ Association which has been providing legal assistance to the students, said: “The families of the boys are very poor and they do not have a lot of money… They are making efforts and hopefully the issue will be resolved soon.”

In his order granting the three bail, Judge Ajay Bhanot had noted that the court was entertaining the bail application directly, which was an “exceptional circumstance”. “The unity of India is not made of bamboo reeds which will bend to the passing winds of empty slogans. The foundations of our nation are more enduring. Eternal ideals bind the indestructible unity of India…,” the court said.

Inayat Altaf Sheikh, Showkat Ahmad Ganai and Arshad Yousuf, students at Raja Balwant Singh Engineering College in Agra, were detained a day after Pakistan defeated India in the World Cup clash.