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Six students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) were detained connected Sunday (October 19, 2025), a time aft Left-affiliated pupil groups held a field protestation against alleged violence by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) during the caller wide assemblage meetings (GBMs).
The protest intensified when students attempted to march to the Vasant Kunj constabulary station, demanding an FIR against ABVP members. Instead, the constabulary registered an FIR connected Sunday astatine the aforesaid presumption against Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Nitish Kumar, vice-president Manisha, wide caput Munteha Fatima, and 3 different students.
The charges autumn nether Sections 221 (obstructing nationalist servants), 132 (assault oregon transgression unit to deter a nationalist servant), 121(2) (causing grievous wounded to a nationalist servant), and 3(5) (holding each participants successful a radical collectively liable for an offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Several others were besides reportedly detained nether Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act.
Left pupil groups, including the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), alleged that the constabulary utilized excessive unit during the protest. AISA claimed students were “brutally beaten up”, while the SFI accused constabulary unit of manhandling pistillate students.
The police, however, denied allegations, stating that each students were released by Sunday evening. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel said that astir 70-80 students had gathered astatine the JNU West Gate astir 6 p.m. connected Saturday, broke done barricades, obstructed postulation connected Nelson Mandela Marg, and manhandled constabulary personnel. He said 28 students were detained to forestall further escalation and that six constabulary unit were injured.
The protest, described by organisers as a “march for societal justice”, was led by Left-affiliated groups questioning the hold successful constabulary enactment against ABVP members. The SFI connected Sunday accused the Delhi constabulary of being “silent witnesses” to the unit allegedly caused by ABVP members, portion utilizing “brutal force” against students holding a peaceful march.
‘Dictatorial behaviour’
The organisation demanded the contiguous registration of an FIR nether the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and different applicable laws against ABVP members accused of making “casteist and Islamophobic” remarks during the GBMs. It besides sought the suspension of constabulary officials who allegedly attacked students and JNUSU bureau bearers.
In response, the ABVP held a counter-protest and burned an effigy of the Left-led JNUSU astatine Sabarmati T-Point connected Sunday. The radical accused the JNUSU of violating antiauthoritarian procedures portion announcing the Election Committee (EC) during the GBMs of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) and the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS).
“The work for the irregularities occurring successful JNU lies wholly with the Left groups. At the SSS GBM, the JNUSU president unilaterally declared the Election Committee wrong 5 minutes, without immoderate proposal, voting, oregon headcount. This dictatorial behaviour is a usurpation of JNU’s antiauthoritarian model and a betrayal of students’ trust,” the ABVP said successful a statement.
