Patna, March 8 

 JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar's grandfather on Tuesday moved a court in Bihar against two persons regarding rewards offered for chopping Kanhaiya's tongue or killing him, a government lawyer said.

The court will hear the case on Wednesday. 

Kanhaiya's grandfather Bal Krishna Singh filed the case in the chief judicial magistrate's court in Begusarai district against Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha leader Kuldeep Varshney in Budaun and Poorvanchal Sena president Adarsh Sharma.

The petitioner said he had approached the court to seek justice for his grandson who was dubbed anti-national by his detractors and to seek action against the two who have allegedly threatened his life and offered reward.

Varshney last week allegedly announced a reward of Rs.5 lakh to anyone cutting off Kanhaiya's tongue while Sharma announced a Rs.11 lakh reward for killing Kanhaiya. 

Sharma was arrested by Delhi Police in the case on Monday. Varshney was suspended from the Bharatiya Janata Party's primary membership for six years.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union president Kanhaiya hails from Bihat village in Begusarai. 

Kanhaiya was arrested on February 12 on sedition charge and lodged in Tihar jail in Delhi before he was granted interim bail for six months by Delhi High Court on March 2

My son should get adequate security: Kanhaiya's mother

 Away from the bustle of International Women's Day celebrations, Meena Devi, mother of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, is worried over the life threat to her son and has demanded adequate security for him.

"I am tense for my son's safety and security following death threat to him by Hinduvta forces," Meena Devi, in her early 50s, told IANS on Tuesday.

"If Kanhaiya was attacked in the court, who will guarantee us of his security when he has returned to JNU campus and will visit outside campus," Meena Devi, who works as 'sevika' at an Anganwadi centre, said.

"My son is also son of the country, his security is concern of the government. Kanhaiya's life is under threat, I am worried," she said. "We can only ask the government to ensure his safety and security. It is for the government to decide."

Meena Devi recalled that she, her husband Jai Shankar Singh and other family members were happy after Kanhaiya was released on bail. 

"Our happiness did not last long... We are afraid for his safety and security," she said.

"Hinduvta forces can target Kanhaiya for his pro-people stand and his vocal support for freedom from hunger to poverty and casteism," she added.

Kanhaiya's home village Bihat is hardly three km from Barauni town in Begusarai district, considered a stronghold of the Left politics in Bihar.