Six JNU students booked after clashes with police during protest march

The Delhi Police registered a first information report against six students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University on Sunday, a day after clashes broke out during a protest march to the Vasant Kunj North police station, reported The Indian Express.

Among those booked are Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president Nitesh Kumar, its vice president Manisha and general secretary Munteha Fatima.

The protest march was called by Left-affiliated members of the students’ union, who accused the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad of “hooliganism” during a general body meeting held on Thursday at the university’s School of Social Sciences, according to the newspaper.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the ideological parent of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party.

Kumar had alleged that ABVP members physically assaulted him, held him hostage and shouted casteist slurs at him, reported The Times of India.

On the other hand, the ABVP claimed its members were subjected to “regional hatred” and physical assault.

The students’ union was marching to the police station to demand that an FIR be registered against ABVP members who allegedly attacked Kumar.

They claimed that the police had not taken any action despite multiple complaints, reported The Indian Express.

However, the police claimed they had “remained in continuous touch with the student leaders and ensured proper legal action”. Despite...

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