Protests at JNU escalate, over 50 students held amid heavy police deployment

Tensions flared astatine Jawaharlal Nehru University connected Thursday aft a pupil protestation escalated into clashes with police, starring to the detention of 51 students and injuries connected some sides, arsenic reported by quality bureau PTI.

The unrest began erstwhile the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) organised a “Long March” from the field to the Ministry of Education, calling for the implementation of University Grants Commission (UGC) regulations, the projected Rohith Act, and the resignation of Vice-Chancellor Santishree D Pandit. Delhi Police responded by mounting up aggregate barricades and locking the main gate, deploying dense information to forestall students from marching out.According to police, the concern turned convulsive erstwhile protesters allegedly pelted sticks and shoes and physically assaulted officers. An FIR has been registered against the students. Police said astir 25 unit were injured, including ACP Ved Prakash, ACP Sanghamitra, SHO Atul Tyagi and SHO Ajai Yadav. Some officers were adjacent “bitten” during the altercation, officials claimed.Among those detained were JNUSU president Aditi Mishra and erstwhile president Nitish Kumar.

Police said the students were stopped arsenic they attempted to proceed towards the Ministry without permission.The students, however, alleged excessive force. In a statement, JNUSU claimed that “more than 50 students” were detained and taken to “undisclosed locations”. The national further alleged that injured students were denied aesculapian assistance. It besides claimed that a representation of B R Ambedkar was damaged during the constabulary action.

Videos circulating online appeared to amusement a photograph of Ambedkar being snatched amid the chaos.Following the detentions, JNUSU called for a “complete lockdown” of the field and announced a 2nd march from the JNU Main Gate to Vasant Kunj Police Station. “We telephone upon each the students of JNU to intensify the struggle,” the national said, urging students to stitchery successful ample numbers.The assemblage medication condemned the protest, accusing JNUSU members of “vandalism and unit against field property”. In a station connected X, the assemblage said the students were demanding UGC regulations that are presently nether a Supreme Court stay, adding that the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar person nary authorization implicit those rules.