New Delhi, Oct. 3 -- The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has accused the ABVP of trying to spread Islamophobia by burning effigies of former JNU students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam during a Ravan Dahan on Vijayadashami, calling it a communal act meant to exploit religion.

A violent clash broke out between two groups of students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Thursday during a 'Visarjan Shobha Yatra' organised on the occasion of Vijayadashami.

A statement released by JNUSU reads, "On 2 October, the ABVP once again exposed its communal agenda by staging a Ravan Dahan in which former JNU students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were depicted as Ravan. This was a deliberate attempt to exploit religion an...