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The students said the police indiscriminately detained male and female students, and paraded them with their hands up

Monday December 16, 2019 0:06 AM, ummid.com with inputs from Agencies

[Male policemen beat a number of girl students, even though they did not have any thing to do with the protest, the students said. (Image tweeted by DMK Chief Stalin)]

New Delhi/Aligarh: Hundreds of students of Jamia Millia Islamia, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi University (DU) and other universities and colleges are protesting outside the Delhi Police Headquarters Sunday demanding release of those detained and action against the police.

Following the reports of police crackdown on the students of Jamia Millia Islamia, Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students also took to the streets and stages a massive protest.

Trouble started in the posh South Delhi area Sunday when some buses were set ablaze near Jamia Millia Islamia where students and locals were protesting against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). Talking to the media, students said their protest was peaceful.

"Suddenly, we noticed tear gas shells being bombarded inside the campus. Soon afterwards, a large number of police personnel entered the campus. They beat students who were studying in the library, detained some from the mosque and fired at some who were inside the washroom", students said talking to media.

"They also ransacked and damaged library furniture", the students alleged.

The students said the police indiscriminately detained male and female students, and paraded them with their hands up.

"Male policemen beat a number of girl students, even though they did not have any thing to do with the protest", they said.

Delhi police denied all allegations. But, videos and photos of the police action against the Jamia students went viral and JNU students union (JNUSU) called for an emergency protest demo in front of the Delhi police headquarters.

Replying to the JNUSU protest call hundreds of students of Jamia Millia, JNU, DU, AIIMS and other institutions thronged the Delhi Police Headquarters, ITO where they were also joined by parents of the students, former students, activists and politicians.

"Shocked to see visuals of brutal attacks on students in Jamia Millia and Aligarh Muslim University. Every drop of blood spilled will need to be answered for in the days to come. BJP Govt must reconsider #CAA2019 in the face of widespread, continuous protests.#BJPburningDelhi", DMK Chief MK Stalin wrote on Twitter.

On the other hand, AMU students also staged protest against the police crackdown on students in Jamia Millia in Delhi.

In response to the protest, cops used tear gas shells and lathi-charged the protesting students. Videos of policemen breaking and damaging the motorbikes parked outside the AMU campus also ran on TV screens.

Planned attack on Education

Meanwhile, All India forum of save education forum calls for students strike in Delhi on Monday.

"All India forum of Save Education condemns the barbaric act by Delhi Police on the students of Jamia. In a shameful manner, the central government has unleashed violence on people who are protesting against the divisive communal Citizenship Amendment Act", the forum said in a statement.

"Let it be Jawaharlal Nehru University or Jamia Milia Islamia Delhi, students have been met with unimaginable state violence. Unprovoked lathi-charge, tear gas firing, the open firing had made hundreds of students injured and many of them are in critical condition", it said.

"We believe this is a planned attack on education to further silence people who are holding an opposite view with the government. Educational institutions can not be turned into a military occupied zone. The internal democracy and the right to free speech have to be upheld. Tomorrow we'll give Student Strike in all Delhi", it said.

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