India, Nov. 11 -- The nine students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), booked for conducting a memorial on campus to commemorate the death anniversary of scholar and human rights activist GN Saibaba, have now been charged with criminal conspiracy. The memorial was conducted in honour of the writer and scholar, who had died on October 12, 2024.

The Trombay police have also transferred the case to the Mumbai crime branch, and are opposing the students' anticipatory bail applications being heard by the Sessions Court.

On October 13, the police had booked the students on a complaint filed by an associate professor of the institute. It was alleged that apart from failing to take permission to conduct the memorial, the students ...