During a protest against the Delhi University administration demanding reopening of the University, a 23-year-old student attempted suicide by allegedly trying to set himself ablaze by pouring petrol over his body.
Kamal Tiwaree, who hails from Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, is a first year student of MA Buddhist in DU. Police said he is not injured and is being counselled by professionals.
According to Sagar Singh Kalsi, the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), North district, at around 1.45 PM during a protest by CYSS (Chhatra Yuva Sangharsh Samiti) against DU Admin, demanding opening of the university, Tiwari tried to pour petrol over self in order to torch himself."Police team at the spot immediately stopped him and he was removed from there and taken to HRH hospital. It is learnt that the said liquid was a mix of petrol and water. Further antecedents are being verified," said the DCP.
According to the student bodies, Tiwaree is a first-year student of MA Buddhist Studies in Delhi University and is also an activist from CYSS, which is the Youth Wing of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). "During the protest regarding DU reopen, he attempted to set him ablaze by pouring petrol on himself. This was in the midst of the protest and alleged that he has been arrested by the Delhi Police," the student bodies alleged.
Police, however, denied arrest and said the student is not injured nor arrested. Instead he is being conselled by the medical professionals here. "Rumors of legal action against Kamal Tiwaree are false. He is at present being counselled by the Mental Health Professionals of Hindu Rao Hospital," said the senior police official.