Violence at JNU: Masked goons attack students and teachers, several injured
Several students have been injured, including the head of its students union. The police, they said, are yet to take action.
New Delhi: A masked mob on Sunday entered the Sabarmati Hostel on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus and assaulted several students and professors with sticks and rods.
“I have been brutally attacked by goons wearing masks. I am bleeding. I was brutally beaten up,” JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh told reporters. She has been admitted to the AIIMS here for treatment.
Jawaharlal Nehru University Student Union (JNUSU) President Aishe Ghosh at JNU: I have been brutally attacked by goons wearing masks. I have been bleeding. I was brutally beaten up. pic.twitter.com/YX9E1zGTcC
— ANI (@ANI) January 5, 2020
Several other students were also injured in the incident.
In a video of the incident, a group of goons with their faces covered can be seen assaulting students with wooden sticks and rods.
A tweet from the official handle of the JNUSU said, “Sabarmati Hostel: right now. They are beating the students who are inside. Knocking on doors with rods. People are jumping from balconies. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU.”
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
“Professors who were trying to protect us have been beaten up. These are unknown ABVP goons, not all are students, they have covered their faces, and they are moving towards the hotels near the West Gate. Stay alert. Make human chains. Protect each other. #SOSJNU #EmergencyinJNU,” another tweet added.
#WATCH Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union president & students attacked by people wearing masks on campus. ‘What is this? Who are you? Step back, Who are you trying to threaten?… ABVP go back,’ can be heard in video. (note: abusive language) #JNUSU pic.twitter.com/tkVNNufm9i
— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) January 5, 2020
Meanwhile, the ABVP’s JNU unit claimed in a tweet: “Emergency in JNU. Leftist goons of JNU accompained with their cadre from other universities have crossed every limit. They have proceeded with unimaginable violence on ABVP activists of JNU.”
Undeclared emergency in JNU by communist goons!
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
— ABVP (@ABVPVoice) January 5, 2020