Jamia students detained while protesting show-cause notices to 2 PhD scholars

The Delhi Police on Thursday detained several students of Jamia Millia Islamia university during protests against the administration’s show-cause notices to students, The Indian Express reported. The students were released after about 12 hours.

The students alleged that the police manhandled them while taking them in custody, and that they were not allowed to contact their families.

The notices were issued last year to two PhD scholars for holding a demonstration on December 15 to mark the fifth anniversary of violence on campus during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act movement. It was held under the banner of “Jamia Resistance Day”.

The university accused the students of vandalising property. The students denied the claims and alleged that over 20 of them were detained.

Since Monday, several students led by the Left-affiliated All India Students’ Association have been protesting against the show-cause notices, The Hindu reported.

The protesters also demanded the revocation of a November memorandum restricting meetings, gatherings, protests and slogans on campus without prior administrative approval.

The university’s disciplinary committee is scheduled to review the role of the two PhD scholars in organising “Jamia Resistance Day” at a meeting on February 25.

Protesting students said they were forced to leave the campus early on Thursday morning and detained by the police at around 5 am. They said the students were then taken to various police stations...

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