Days after violent attack on the students by a group of masked mob, the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has filed an FIR against about 20 students on Tuesday, including the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Aishe Ghosh, vice president and general secretary for vandalimsm at server room.
Following which students demanded immediate resignation of JNU Vice Chancellor Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar saying the university administration has registered a fake FIR.
The students raised slogans “Mamidala Hatao, JNU Bachao” demanding an enquiry be conducted on him for his spate of irregualirites. "The Delhi Police and the Home Ministry also must be held accountable. The students of JNU have faced down violence and maligning before and we shall do so now," read the statement further.
JNU Registrar Pramod Kumar was not available for comment. "This is another instance of this administration's attempt to criminalise the democratic protest led by JNUSU while at the same time protecting the ABVP henchmen who work as loyal footsoldiers of this VC. For more than 70 days students of JNU have been peacefully protesting the illegally passed IHA Manual and Fee Hike while the JNU administration has not engaged in any meaningful dialogue. Over the past four days, the peaceful students have been repeatedly exposed to violence from the ABVP, JNUTF's sanghi faculty and Cyclops security guards," said JNUSU in a statement issued on Tuesday.
On Sunday, a group of masked mob illegally entered the campus periyar hostel premises carrying sticks brutally beaten the students, teachers and vandalized the properties. About 30 students were grievously injured during the violent mayhem that took place inside the hostel.
JNUSU, said, "On the morning of 4th, students were attacked while they were sleeping by the administration's stormtroopers. The dean Ashwini Mohapatra along with Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarti Parishad (ABVP) goons attacked students who were protesting in favour of registration boycott and similarly in School of Language, Mazhar Asif led the ABVP goons.
On the same day, the ABVP unleashed extreme violence on students who were peacefully protesting and attempted to mob lynch JNUSU General Secretary Satish Chandra Yadav."
The students alleged that the masked mob were led 'ABVP goons' who targeted "JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh and repeatedly attacked her on head with sharp weapons which can be seen as nothing but an attempt to murder."
"These goons indiscriminately attacked students and teachers who were attending JNUTA's peace gathering, entered hostels, including women's hostels, and went on a rampage. This was facilitated by the administration — the cyclops security guards did nothing to stop the rioting ABVP goons even as the street lights were switched off. Teachers were attacked when the JNUTA organised a peace gathering and the barbaric assault on Prof. Sucharita Sen who was hit with a brick shows the intent of the henchmen hired by Mamidala," they said.
"For all this the administration has remained completely silent and instead has now tried to criminalise the peaceful students of JNU, completely exposing the saffron nexus of the ABVP-Administration," said JNUSU.