But students say they haven’t illegally confined anyone and blocked food or water. “You all know the proctor was outside and he freely walked into the building. Electricity and supplies are here. We have also sent food for all people,” Mohit Pandey, president JNUSU, said.
“We want the university to declare those students ‘out of bound’ who indulged in violence on that night. There should be an FIR from JNU’s side,” Pandey added.
JNU is ranked among India’s top educational institutions but has been rocked by protests and an ugly row over nationalism after a controversial event commemorating 2001 Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru in February. Classes in the university were suspended for days and students went on strike against the government’s move to arrest and charge top student union leaders with sedition.
The current crisis began on Friday, when violence was reported from the Mahi-Mandvi hostel on campus – where one faction says ABVP beat up Ahmed and another that the Muslim student slapped a hostel resident. At least 12 students have been asked to depose before the proctorial committee in this regard, officials said.
Ahmed’s family lodged a complaint at Vasant Kunj North police station on Tuesday and an FIR has been registered for kidnapping and wrongfully confining a person.
