Overview
- Violence broke out around 1:30 am after the JNUSU’s ‘Samta Juloos’ toward the East Gate, with a scuffle escalating into stone-pelting and multiple injuries on campus.
- Left-affiliated groups accused ABVP members of attacking protesters, while the ABVP alleged a pre-planned assault by Left groups and claimed student Prateek Bhardwaj was blinded with fire-extinguisher powder and beaten.
- In an official statement, JNU said protesters locked academic buildings, entered the Central Library, and reportedly threatened students, warning that strict disciplinary and legal steps under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita are being taken.
- Police engagement continued with conflicting reports: the South West DCP said no official complaint had been received, even as some outlets later reported an FIR based on a complaint by the university’s chief security officer.
- The students’ union is pressing for Vice-Chancellor Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit’s resignation and revocation of rustication orders and has announced a ‘Long March’ to the Ministry of Education on February 26.