Late Sunday night, two groups of students at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) apparently fought. Cross-complaints were filed when a few pupils were injured. Students from the ABVP said they were conducting a meeting when they were attacked by a group of students. A video of a pupil inside an ambulance was uploaded by the organisation. The ABVP tweeted, “A MA student’s finger was shattered in this horrific attack, a Divyang student was manhandled, and several abvp activities were hit.”
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Students from the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) have also claimed that members of the ABVP disrupted their meeting and “unleashed violence” on campus. Aishe Ghosh, JNUSU President and SFI member, uploaded photos of three or four injured students. The police received a PCR call about the fight and slogans being raised inside the campus, according to the police. “We responded instantly and verified that there was no fight on the campus,” stated Gaurav Sharma, DCP (southwest).
Two groups of students got into a heated fight about holding a seminar at the student union hall. So far, no complaints have been made by JNUSU, however one student has submitted a complaint against ABVP students. ABVP-affiliated students also visited the police station and filed written complaints. Both sides accuse the other of disturbing their conference and using violence. There will be legal action taken.”
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Cross-FIRs have been filed by the police in this case. According to DCP Gaurav Sharma, the Vasant Kunj police station received complaints, and cross-FIRs have been filed under provisions of violence in the case. So yet, no arrests have been made. The students are being interrogated.
