According to India Today, Sharma was attacked with a sharp object which injured his ears.
His office claimed that the attackers were ABVP students.
The JNU is currently facing protests and counter protests with the police cracking down on students over the anti-India slogans raised earlier to mark the death anniversary of Parliament Attack convict Afzal Guru on its campus.
With tension rising, several former army officers wrote to the varsity that they would return their degrees from JNU if it becomes a hub of anti-national activities while on the other hand various groups, including the Leftists, slammed the government for pushing an RSS-BJP agenda by crushing the students over the incident of slogan-shouting against India, which they called was an aberration.
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