Academics urge APU to seek closure of FIR against students, say criminal law should be the last resort

A radical of academics and members of civilian nine person written an unfastened missive to the enactment of Azim Premji University (APU), raising concerns regarding a constabulary ailment that resulted successful an FIR against a student-run speechmaking radical — Spark Reading Circle. The incidental happened connected February 24, after activists from Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) trespassed into and vandalised the property against a discussion scheduled connected the field premises.

In their letter, the signatories, including those representing the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Harvard University, among other organisations and institutions, say they person agelong valued the assemblage for lasting by law values, encouraging critical thinking, and engaging ethically with nationalist issues. It is due to the fact that of the reputation, they say, that they are troubled by the determination to initiate criminal proceedings against the student-run radical successful the aftermath of the incident.