New Delhi, Oct. 19 -- As many as 28 students, including Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Nitish Kumar, vice president Manisha, and general secretary Munteha Fatima, were detained and brought to Kapashera Police Station following a scuffle with the police earlier on Saturday, October 18, evening over the registration of an FIR against the ABVP.

A protest by Left-leaning student groups at JNU, demanding the registration of an FIR against ABVP over alleged violence, turned tense as students accused Delhi Police of a "brutal assault," while police said protesters broke barricades, abused the cops and also manhandled them during the protest.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel has said that around...