New Delhi: India's premier forensic lab, the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL), has found the video clip at the centre of the JNU sedition row to be authentic.

Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students Kanhaiya Kumar and Umar Khalid, who were accused of raising anti-India slogans at an event on the death anniversary of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru, were charged with sedition and arrested based on this video.

That the video was authentic was confirmed by a source in the Delhi Police and reported by The Hindu.

The video of the controversial February 9 event was shot by Zee News and it was later sent by the police for forensic examination to the CFSL.