Twelve students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) were concisely detained connected Friday evening for holding a protestation march without anterior approval, refusing to disperse, and getting into a tussle with a policewoman, a elder constabulary serviceman said.
“They [students] did not person anterior support to instrumentality retired the march. When we requested them to crook back, they refused to comply and adjacent got into a tussle with a pistillate officer. That was erstwhile we detained 12 students arsenic a preventive measure,” Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) Hemant Tiwari told The Hindu.
The students were detained astatine 7 p.m. and released by 8 p.m., helium added.
Meanwhile, the All India Students’ Union (AISA) issued a connection that astatine 6.20 p.m., students of JMI had gathered connected field to commemorate 17 years of the Batla House encounter.
AISA alleged that astatine slightest 20 students, including women, were picked up by the police. “The protesting students, on with those witnessing the protest, were dragged to gross no. 7,” said the pupil outfit.
The assemblage did not respond to requests for remark connected the matter.
