JNU Administration blames students for yesterday’s scuffle; assures strict action

A group of JNU students claimed that they were attacked by university security guards while they were peacefully demanding the release of scholarship money.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) administration has blamed the students for yesterday’s incident on campus. The university has assured strict action against those found guilty of disrupting the academic environment.

A group of JNU students claimed that they were attacked by university security guards while they were peacefully demanding the release of scholarship money, withheld for over two years now. As per reports half a dozen students have reportedly been injured.

Later, the JNU administration issued a statement stating that the university authorities have taken serious cognizance of the above incident of disrupting the office work, stopping the University employees from discharging their duties, damaging the University property and attacking the unarmed security guards who were rescuing the staff from the section.

“The University Administration is looking into this unfortunate incident and assures the JNU Community that strict action will be taken against those who are found guilty of disrupting the academic environment of the campus as per University rules. The University Administration also appeals to all the stakeholders to refrain from indulging in such disruptive activities,” reads a statement from JNU Registrar.

According to the JNU administration, yesterday around 10.30 A.M. as many as 15 students barged into the Students' & Project Section of the University confining the staff to their seats only. They stopped the exit and entry of anybody in the Section as a result of which the office work and students' dealing came to a standstill.

“They were threatening the Vice Chancellor & Rector and kept intimidating the officers,” states the JNU Registrar letter. It further states that these students were misbehaving with the staff including lady staff present in the section.

JNU administration has also claimed that the protesting students also violated the Delhi High Court order prohibiting any dharna/demonstration within a radius of 100 meters of the administration building. The letter reads: “But these students confined the staff and severely attacked the unarmed security staff within the administration building which is a clear violation of the orders of the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi.”

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