NEW DELHI: Not less than 28 college students of Jawaharlal Nehru College (JNU), together with scholar union (JNUSU) president Nitesh Kumar, had been detained on Saturday night after a protest exterior the campus turned confrontational, Delhi Police mentioned.In accordance with the police, round 70–80 college students, together with ladies, gathered close to the college's West Gate round 6 pm. Barricades had been positioned to limit their motion in the direction of Nelson Mandela Marg.“Regardless of repeated requests, the scholars forcefully pushed by and broke the barricades, manhandled police personnel, used abusive language, and got here onto Nelson Mandela Marg, resulting in momentary obstruction of visitors,” the police mentioned in a press release quoted by ANI.To forestall escalation, police detained 28 college students — 19 males and 9 ladies — together with JNUSU president Nitesh Kumar, vp Manisha, and basic secretary Muntia Fatima.In the course of the incident, six police personnel — 4 males and two ladies — sustained accidents and had been despatched for medical examination. “Acceptable authorized motion is being initiated as per legislation,” the assertion added.College students, nevertheless, alleged that the police used pointless power to disperse what they known as a peaceable demonstration. A number of JNU scholar teams criticised the detentions, and mentioned that authorities had been attempting to suppress dissent on campus.The JNU is gearing up for its college students' union elections, more likely to be held in November.
