Violence takes over JNU campus after masked goons go on rampage
New Delhi/IBNS: Violence broke out on the restive Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus as masked men entered the varsity and attacked students and teachers and ransacked the facilities, reports said.
According to reports, around 50 masked goons stormed into the university campus and attacked teachers and students. They entered hostels, threw huge stones and destroyed property, reports added.
JNU registrar Pramod Kumar in a statement said, "This is an urgent message for the entire JNU community that there is a law and order situation on the campus. Masked miscreants armed with sticks are roaming around, damaging property and attacking people. The JNU Administration has called the police to maintain order."
In a series of tweets, the Left-wing JNUSU tweeted the situation inside the campus and blamed it on the right wing ABVP student union. The students body claimed that its president Aishe Ghosh- who was seen bleeding on a video- was the specific target of the attackers.
Sabarmati Hostel: right now. They are beating the students who are inside. Knocking on doors with rods. People are jumping from balconies. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU pic.twitter.com/kWEsQaZ5gE
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 5, 2020
Sabarmati Hostel, Mahi Mandvi Hostel, Periyar Hostel are under attack. Those who are still outside, avoid these hostels and take alternative routes. Walk in a group. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 5, 2020
The students union alleged that the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP), the student's wing of the RSS, was behind the attack.
The ABVP attackers, with covered faces, are trying to enter Periyar Hostel by climbing the pipes. @DelhiPolice if you are there, if you believe protecting students, who have locked themselves in their rooms, is part of your job, then stop this carnage. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 5, 2020
The ABVP attackers have entered Koyna Hostel. This is an all female hostel. The women, and mess workers, are terrified. The terrorists are trying to break the doors. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 5, 2020
In another tweet, the left-led JNUSU charged ABVPJNU for attacking its own campus.
ABVPJNU, you have attacked your own university, your professors and your classmates. By encouraging ABVP terrorists to enter campus, by giving them information to help them single out Union Representatives, you have enabled terrorists like your ideological predecessors. #SOSJNU
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 5, 2020
The terrorists, who have gathered outside the university gates, are chanting Bharat Mata ki Jai. They are taking the name of Bharat Mata, after brutalising her students inside university campus. State sponsored terror in JNU campus. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU https://t.co/VHvWgSCxEY
— JNUSU (@JNUSUofficial) January 5, 2020
Refuting JNUSU's allegations, ABVP has blamed the "communist goons" for the blatant attacks on the JNU campus.
Undeclared emergency in JNU by communist goons!
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) January 5, 2020
National General Secretary @nidhitripathi92 speaks about the brutal attack by the Leftist goons of SFI, AISA and DSF on ABVP karyakartas and students in JNU. @abvpjnu #LeftAttacksJNU pic.twitter.com/kjh9GA4TPa
Expressing shock on the development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted that police should immediately intervene and restore peace in the university.
Spoke to Hon’ble LG and urged him to direct police to restore order. He has assured that he is closely monitoring the situation and taking all necessary steps https://t.co/gpRGCCbwGF
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) January 5, 2020
Delhi's Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal tweeted: The violence in JNU against students and teachers is highly condemnable. Directed @DelhiPolice to take all possible steps in coordination with JNU Administration to maintain law and order & take action against the perpetrators of violence. The situation is being closely monitored.
CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury in a tweet said the attack was a planned one "by those in power afraid of the resistance provided by JNU to its Hindutva agenda".
Reports coming from JNU point to a collusion between the administration and goons of ABVP to inflict violence on students and teachers. It is a planned attack by those in power, which is afraid of the resistance provided by JNU to its Hindutva agenda.
— Sitaram Yechury (@SitaramYechury) January 5, 2020
The Ministry of Human Resource Development condemned the incident and tweeted: "It has come to Ministry's notice that a group of masked people entered the JNU campus today, threw stones, damaged property and attacked students. This is very unfortunate and highly condemnable, such acts of violence and anarchy will not be tolerated."
It has come to Ministry's notice that a group of masked people entered the JNU campus today, threw stones, damaged property and attacked students. This is very unfortunate and highly condemnable, such acts of violence and anarchy will not be tolerated.
— Ministry of HRD (@HRDMinistry) January 5, 2020
On Jan 3, a group of students wearing masks forcibly switched off the power supply at the office of centre for information system to render the servers dysfunctional and obstruct the semester examination registration process.
A section of the university students have been protesting against the hike in hostel fees and shut down the university for more than two months. The agitating students have called for a boycott of the exam registration process, the report added.
The JNU administration alleged that the agitating students had "crossed all boundaries of decency and discipline" and are apparently determined to cause "as much damage as possible" to the academic interests of their mates.
The varsity said the students, who swore on democracy, civil rights and the right to protest, reflected the tendency to "damage and disrupt".
After which the varsity authorities had warned of strict disciplinary action.
Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra visited AIIMS where several injujred students are admitted.
Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) condemned the incident and said universities should remain places of 'learning and education'.
"We strongly condemn the violence on JNU campus. This is a desperate attempt by forces of anarchy, who are determined to use students as cannon fodder, create unrest to shore up their shrinking political footprint. Universities should remain places of learning and education," the party teweeted.
We strongly condemn the violence on JNU campus. This is a desperate attempt by forces of anarchy, who are determined to use students as cannon fodder, create unrest to shore up their shrinking political footprint. Universities should remain places of learning and education.
— BJP (@BJP4India) January 5, 2020
Harjit Singh Bhatti, former president of the Residents’ Doctors Association at AIIMS in Delhi, claimed that doctors and other medical professionals who reached JNU to provide first aid to injured students and teachers were 'manhandled by goons'.
Our team of doctors, nurses & medical volunteers who reached JNU to give first aid to injured students & teachers, was attacked by hundreds of goons. Mob manhandled doctors, nurses & threatened them. Our ambulance’s glass & windows broken, this is totally inhuman & insane. pic.twitter.com/IOiu7BHVbG
— Harjit Singh Bhatti (@DrHarjitBhatti) January 5, 2020
"Our team of doctors, nurses & medical volunteers who reached JNU to give first aid to injured students & teachers, was attacked by hundreds of goons. Mob manhandled doctors, nurses & threatened them. Our ambulance’s glass & windows broken, this is totally inhuman & insane," he tweeted.
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