Police in New Delhi have arrested a student leader from one of India's leading universities on sedition charges.
Kanhaiya Kumar, president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Student's Union (JNUSU), was arrested by the police on Friday afternoon for his alleged role in "anti-India" protests, according to local news reports which were later confirmed by an Al Jazeera source at the university.
Earlier on Friday, thousands of pro-government protesters had marched in New Delhi calling for the arrest of Kumar and his allies.