Terming it as a gross violation of human rights, around 400 Indian students studying in various American universities have condemned the "brutal police violence" unleashed against students of Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University last Sunday.
A day after detaining students of Aligarh Muslim University during the clash between students and cops, Uttar Pradesh Police released 26 of them on Tuesday
The Supreme Court will today hear petitions alleging Delhi police atrocities on students holding protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act at the Jamia Millia Islamia and the Aligarh Muslim University. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde on Monday took serious note of rioting and destruction of public property during protests across the country and said: "violence must stop immediately".
Hundreds of AMU students protesting against the amended Citizenship Act clashed with police on Sunday at a campus gate, leaving 60 injured.After the protest, the administration announced the closure of the university till January 5.
As the protests against the Citizenship Act intensified, the AMU students gathered at the Babey Sir Syed Gate and raised slogans against the police action on the demonstrators in Delhi. The students broke the police cordon and fought pitched battles with the police.
Anil Samaniya, Circle Officer Civil Lines, confirmed the development and said that Mannan and Usmani were booked under Section 153 A (Promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion, race etc) of the IPC and Section 67 (publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form) of the IT Act.
In a statement posted on social media, the Kashmiri students said the offer to host the Eid lunch was a hollow gesture to mislead international public opinion and divert attention from the humanitarian crisis triggered by the "unconstitutional and authoritarian" moves of the central government.
Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, who was recently made to apologise for his derogatory behaviour towards a presiding officer in the Lok Sabha, was rusticated from the Aligarh Muslim University in 1975 for allegedly misbehaving with a woman.
Gautam had raised objections at that time too and the university administration had to removed the portrait from the exhibition and had served a show-cause notice to the librarian for the "lapse".
The university took the action against Mohsin Khan from the Department of Hindi on the basis of a complaint filed by the girl in which she alleged that during a tea break at the seminar on Mahatma Gandhi on March 12, the scholar bumped into her and after she objected, he misbehaved with her, it said.
1200 Kashmiri students threaten to leave Aligarh Muslim University if sedition charges not dropped
The letter was handed over to AMU Proctor Mohsin Khan in presence of large number of Kashmiri students at his office on Saturday night.
The protesters were obstructed by the police and the AIP chief was taken into custody as the march reached near the Zero Bridge in the Rajbagh area.
A three-member inquiry committee has been set up to probe the incident.
UP: 3 Aligarh Muslim University students suspended over prayers for slain militant Mannan Wani
The Aligarh Muslim University suspended three students, who tried to offer ‘Janaje ki Namaz’ following the death of former research scholar-turned Hizbul Mujahideen militant, Mannan Wani
A profile of 27-year-old Wani as sketched by security agencies shows Wani was a brilliant student from the beginning and after his initial education, he went to prestigious Sainik School at Manasbal for completing his 11th and 12th class.
The Article 15 (5) of the Indian Constitution exempts minority institutions from implementing constitutional reservations.
AMU has failed to prove its minority status, says National SC Commission chief Ram Shankar Katheria
Adityanath said there was no discrimination in the schemes being run by the central government and they were meant for the welfare of all including Dalits and backwards.
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