India, Jan. 6 -- Last night, 5th January 2020, was no less than a scary tale of violence, when a mob comprising almost 50 people, masked and armed, with rods and tools, barged into the JNU campus hostel and started attacking students and teachers.

Many were severely injured and admitted to AIIMS. Student Union President Aishe Ghosh and Professor Sucharita Sen are out of those who were beaten to blues and have sustained serious head injuries.

This appears to be a well-planned attack, which did not happen randomly overnight. Various pictures and videos of violent activities have been circulating online since yesterday. So what was this all about? A way of suppressing those who decide to speak up?

This kind of attack, on students inside a u...