New Delhi, Feb. 14 -- Fourteen students from Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) were detained by the Delhi Police early on Thursday, three days into a protest against show-cause notices handed to some students by the university. The alleged showdown took place around five hours after six students were suspended by the varsity for "vandalising" university property.

The JMI administration, in a statement, accused protesters of "vandalising university property including the central canteen, breaking the gate of the security advisor's (office), defacing walls, and carrying contraband objects."

It said the students were removed as a preventive measure, and police were asked to maintain order. "Taking preventive measures, today morning the university...