Jamia Millia Islamia has wound up two committees that were formed to provide legal support for its two students arrested in the September 13, 2008 Delhi blasts case. The decision was taken by the university’s Academic Council in its December 11 meeting last year. The Legal Aid and the Students’ Relief Committees have been wound up accordingly, and remaining funds of the bodies have been distributed between the families of arrested students Zia Ur Rehman and Mohammad Shakeel.
“The decision was taken after the committees were found to be legally untenable by the university,” Jamia’s media coordinator Simi Malhotra said. The students had collected Rs 91,146 as donation from residents of the area on October 2, 2008. Most of the money was spent paying the first few installments of the lawyers’ fees.