THE CHANDIGARH Police Wednesday dropped sedition charges from the FIR registered against 66 students of Panjab University for Tuesday’s violent protest on campus. As 53 arrested students were produced in the court of Judicial Magistrate First Class Jagmeet Singh, Investigating Officer Balbir Singh told the court that police had dropped sedition charges.

In the court, 13 students alleged police torture. Hearing their plea, the court directed Government Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16 to form a medical board and conduct a medical examination of all the students.