From Bengaluru to Mumbai, protests erupt across country after JNU violence

Demanding the arrest of the masked men who entered JNU and beat up students and teachers, hundreds of protesters from Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi University and other campuses gathered at the old Delhi Police headquarters in ITO Sunday night. (Express photo: Amit Mehra)

(Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

People form human chain as a mark of protest against the violence at JNU on Sunday. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Protesters protesting against JNU violence at Gateway of India. (Express photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

(Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

Protests against the JNU violence continued at Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday. (Express photo/Nirmal Harindran)

Students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Sunday late night took out a peaceful candlelight march inside the varsity premises in solidarity with students of JNU who were attacked by a mob of masked men. The march concluded at Bab-e-Syed gate of the campus. (Express photo)

Pune: Students of the Film & Television Institute of India (FTII) on late Sunday night staged a protest condemning the attack on JNU students. They held a demonstration outside the gate of the premier film institute, holding banners with message "FTII stands with JNU, condemns the violence of ABVP Goons".

Oxford University students protested against JNU violence Sunday midnight. They have called for action against the brutality and violence on university campuses across India.

Students of National Law University, Bengaluru, held a silent protest at the campus on Sunday night.

Youngsters, mostly students from different colleges in Mumbai, assembled on the pavement across Hotel Taj near the Gateway of India to condemn the violence. It was an "impromptu assembly at a short notice,” a student told PTI. (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Mumbai: Students continue to protest outside Gateway of India against Sunday's violence in JNU. (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Umar Khalid and Kunal Kamra were part of the group which also held a candlelight vigil near the Gateway of India to show solidarity with JNU students. (Express photo: Nirmal Harindran)

Eyewitnesses and many of those injured said the men, who as per some estimates numbered around 100, were mostly outsiders and belonged to the ABVP — a charge the RSS student outfit denied. (Express photo: Amit Mehra)

Among those injured were 22 students, including JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh, two teachers and two guards, who have been admitted to AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital. In pic: Ruckus at AIIMS between Congress leaders and ABVP

Police finally arrived outside the campus around 7.30 pm despite calls from JNU as well as frantic students and teachers, and said it held flag marches inside at regular intervals. By Sunday night, over 700 policemen were present on the campus. (Express photo: Abhinav Saha)

Union Home Minister Amit Shah ordered the Delhi Police to hold an inquiry, as the HRD Ministry condemned the incident, blaming outsiders for it, and said “anarchy will not be tolerated”. (Express photo: Amit Mehra)

From Rahul Gandhi to M K Stalin, Mamata Banerjee to Akhilesh Yadav, top Opposition leaders on Sunday condemned the violence unleashed by “masked men” at Delhi’s JNU. In pic: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra arrives at AIIMS to meet the injured students. (Express photo by Tashi Tobgyal)