Fight between student groups in Delhi University during protest to release GN Saibaba

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) said it has filed a complaint at Maurice Nagar Police Station. There was no immediate reaction from the police on the incident. The incident took place during a protest staged by Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch (BSCEM) demanding the release of professor GN Saibaba.

Fight between student groups in Delhi University during protest to release GN Saibaba

A fight broke out between a Left-affiliated student group and RSS-affiliated ABVP near Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute on the Delhi University campus, leaving several student activists injured. Meanwhile, both the sides have now accused each other for initiating the brawl. 

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) said it has filed a complaint at Maurice Nagar Police Station. There was no immediate reaction from the police on the incident. The incident took place during a protest staged by Bhagat Singh Chhatra Ekta Manch (BSCEM) demanding the release of professor GN Saibaba.

The group in a statement claimed that "their members were attacked during a peaceful protest in Delhi University’s North Campus. Around six members of the BSCEM and a few members of ABVP were allegedly injudred in the ruckus."

"Since this morning, we had been campaigning in the North Campus of Delhi University for GN Saibaba. In the evening around 4 pm Patel Chest was attacked by ABVP on all the students in which several members of BSCEM have suffered injuries," the group said in the statement.

"They did not allow the treatment of the injured and created ruckus in the hospital," BSCEM added.

"Some outsider leftist anti-social elements made indecent and obscene comments on ABVP student activists who study in DU… They also attacked us with sticks and rods, injuring two ABVP workers," the ABVP said in a statement.

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