With no arrests yet in the apparently planned attack on students and teachers at the Jawarharlal Nehru University, protests were held across India on Monday and the clamour grew for the resignation of the vice chancellor who is being blamed for inaction during the violence that left 34 people injured.
The anger over violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) is spreading across the country as the students and citizens staged protests on Monday condemning the violent attack on students and faculty of the JNU on Sunday. IIT-Bombay stood in solidarity with JNU and strongly condemned the violent attack.
A controversial poster reading ‘Free Kashmir’ at a protest in Mumbai on Monday has created a big row on Twitter
Protests against violence in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) rocked campuses across the country on Monday. Over 400 activists and students gathered outside the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to register their protest.
Ranjan, a 1993 batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, will "look after the charge of Special CP/crime and EOW (Economic Offences Wing), in addition to his duties," the order said.
From Pondicherry University to Oxford University in London, anger over the violence in JNU resonated in varsities across the country and even abroad as students protested against the attack on students and faculty members by an armed masked mob.
In a statement, Registrar Pramod Kumar said a few "miscreants" had severely damaged the information and communication service (CIS) systems of the university "as part of their continuing agitation".
Prakash Javadekar came down heavily on a British daily for referring to the masked mob that attacked JNU students and teachers as "nationalists"
"It was an organised attack. They were singling out people and attacking," Ghosh told reporters. "There is a clear nexus between the JNU security (staff) and vandals. They did not intervene to stop violence."
The security records at the Sabarmati Hostel and the faculty block, two places attacked by masked invaders on Sunday, have been missing. “From the campus security to Delhi Police, everyone was incommunicado between 4:30 and 7 on Sunday,” say JNU teachers
AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi on Monday alleged that the Delhi Police not only allowed masked goons to carry out brutal attack on students and faculty at JNU for one and half hours but also allowed them safe passage after the mayhem.
In a press conference on Monday at the university campus, the ABVP claimed that at least 25 of its activists were injured, while another 10 activists were missing, ever since the attack.
Congress interim President Sonia Gandhi has reacted to the violence in the JNU campus on Sunday night. Taking a jibe at the Modi govt Sonia said, "The voice of India’s youth & students is being muzzled everyday. The horrifying and unprecedented violence unleashed on India’s young by goons with active abetment of the ruling Modi Govt is deplorable and unacceptable."
JNU violence: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray in a statement said, "I was reminded of the 26/11 Mumbai terror attack. An investigation is needed to find out who were these masked attackers."
JNU violence: Speaking on Sunday's attack, injured JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh's father said with the situation volatile across the country, even he could be beaten up on the morrow. More than 30 students including teachers were injured in Sunday's violence.
Disturbing reports of acid been thrown at women inside JNU campus are emerging. The incident reportedly took place on Sunday when a mob of 100 masked men ran riot inside the campus with iron rods.
JNU violence: A day after JNU violence, senior warden of the Sabarmati Hostel tendered her resignation. "We tried but could not provide security to the hostel," said R Meena, JNU's Sabarmati Hostel senior warden said after masked men entered the hostel during Sunday's violence in the JNU campus.
Violence broke out in JNU on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus, prompting the administration to call in police which conducted a flag march.
The Delhi Police has registered an FIR in the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) violence case that left over 30 students and faculty members injured on Sunday night. Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) South West Delhi, Devendra Arya said that the police was monitoring various sources and that action will be taken against those responsible.
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