After Masked men brandishing iron rods and lathis entered the Jawaharlal University (JNU) campus on Sunday evening wreaked havoc at the varsity. They entered hostels and beat up students and teachers. JNU administration called for calm and said efforts are being made to tackle the miscreants.
“This is an urgent message for the entire JNU community that there is a law and order situation in the JNU Campus. Masked miscreants armed with sticks are roaming around, damaging property and attacking people. The JNU administration has called the police to maintain order”.
“This is the moment to remain calm and be on the alert. In view of the largeness of the campus, number 100 can also be dialled. Efforts are already being made to tackle the miscreants,” an official statement form the JNU Registrar read.
The violence started at around 6:45 pm at the Sabarmati Dhaba and later spread to hostels as “masked men and Delhi Police” attacked the students, an eyewitness said.
“When we were there, a mob of around 60 to 70 people came and started pelting stones on us and later attacked us with lathis or bamboo rods. We then rushed towards our hostel where they followed us up and entered the hostel and started beating the students there too. We are now told by other friends in other hostels that Delhi police and masked goons are beating them up. We want urgent help,” Swati, a student stuck in hostel told Times Now.
Students from left-aligned groups, NSUI and BJP’s student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) traded blame for the Sunday evening pandemonium at the varsity.
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The Jawaharlal Nehru Student Union (JNUSU) blamed “ABVP” attackers for the violence and accused the police and the Vice-Chancellor (V-C) Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar of acting in conduit with the attackers.
“These are photos depicting the carnage, carried out in the hostels. These terrorists entered this campus and unleashed terror while the Vice-Chancellor of this University, the guards and Delhi Police stood by as enablers,” a statement from the varsity’s student union group on Twitter read.
