JNU clash: FIR filed, 6 students bound down
New Delhi, Oct. 20 -- The Delhi Police on Sunday registered a case and bound down six students, a day after a clash took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru University's West gate between the police personnel and a group of students comprising members from the students' union and the Left-affiliated group.
While no arrests were made, the bound down students include JNUSU president Nitish Kumar, 26; vice-president Manisha, 28; general secretary Munteha Fatima, 28; Manikant Patel, 27; Briti Kar, 27; and Saurya Majumdar, 28. The six were among the 28 students who were taken to Kapashera police station on Saturday.
Notably, when a person is bound down, they are not legally arrested, but restricted to appear before the police whenever called upon.
DCP (southwest) Amit Goel said the others were detained under Section 65 (obey police directions) of the Delhi Police Act and were handed over to their professor after medical examination.
An FIR was registered on Sunday at Vasant Kunj North police station under Sections 221 (obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions), 121 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from duty) and 132 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of duty) of BNS.
The protest on Saturday was held to demand an FIR against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for the recent alleged "violence" on campus during general body meetings (GBM).
The All India Students' Association said JNUSU president Nitish Kumar and several students were "brutally beaten up" and detained by police at the JNU West Gate when they attempted to march to the Vasant Kunj police station.
They also alleged that the police did not interfere when ABVP members attacked the protesting students.
"The councillor of School of Physical Sciences (SPS), was thrashed by the police in his abdomen and private parts, leading to severe internal injuries," said a student....
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