This is the small room in Shaheen School in Bidar where students were taken to for questioning for the fourth (yes, fourth) time by police in plainclothes. I was in the school when police asked students where they practiced, who taught them dialogues, why was a flag used. (1/n) 
I asked the officer (Bidar DSP Basaveshwara Hira) why it had become necessary to come back to the school for the fourth time. "We are carrying out investigation as per procedure and we cannot comment on it now. We are collecting information about the play," he said.
I asked if a charge of sedition is even applicable and the DSP simply said he cannot comment on it. The mother of one of the students and a teacher in the school have been arrested on charges of sedition for a play on NRC, CAA. Both of them are in jail.
A complaint by an ABVP activist was taken up by the police. The complaint accused of sedition and the police have registered charges of sedition in the FIR but despite being asked repeatedly, police is yet to explain what exactly constitutes sedition here.
Here's the story. The 11-year-old student whose mother was arrested is now living with her neighbour. Her mother is a widow and the girl says her family members do not live close by.
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