Protest caps day of violence at JNU

Students of JNU Protesting at Vasant Kunj Police station after violence in the campus on Sunday. (Express photo by Gajendra Yadav)

Apeksha Priyadarshini, a JNUSU member who was part of the late-night march, said, “It was around 4.30-5 pm. A group of 10-20 ABVP students charged at others with sticks and stones. This was over eating non-veg food. We have a pre-planned menu and non-veg food is served on Sundays. We didn’t do anything wrong.” She further alleged that some women students were molested in the melee and casteist slurs were hurled at some students.

#Watch | JNU Violence: Students march from JNU to Vasant Kunj

Read more:https://t.co/WLKCLh4Bvp pic.twitter.com/wEIBZjeDNM

— Express Delhi-NCR 😷 (@ieDelhi) April 10, 2022

https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js

The march began around 10.45 pm, with over 100 protesters demanding to meet the Deputy Commissioner of Police.

Dhananjay, a JNU student and AISA member, who said he was injured during the protest, claimed, “We were at a cultural program at the campus when I received SOS messages and calls. I rushed to Kaveri hostel. ABVP students were beating up the mess secretary and guards. They then attacked my friends. I was trying to protect my friends when a group of 7-9 people caught me. They tore my kurta, pushed me and scratched me. One of the other students, Akhtarista Ansari, was hit on the head. She was bleeding.”

Madhurima, another student, said, “The menu was planned weeks ago; why didn’t they raise their voice then? I was kicked and pushed.”

The march also saw slogans against the Delhi Police, and chants of “baar baar ye nahi hone denge”. This, students said, was a reference to the January 2020 violence on campus, when several masked persons had gone on a rampage in the university, injuring students and faculty. No arrest has been made in that case so far.