The Delhi Police on Wednesday announced that it had started an investigation into the complaint made by Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students regarding the alleged stone-throwing.
The students filed a complaint in the Vasant Kunj Police Station of “deliberate” power outage that occurred while they were using their media devices on the campus of the university to watch a contentious BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Delhi Police officials said, “No FIR has been filed yet. They (the students) have given a complaint and we are enquiring into it.”
“Both sides have given a complaint to Delhi Police on the late night students ruckus on campus in the JNU case,” the officials added.
A number of JNU students staged a protest march on Tuesday night from their campus to the Vasant Kunj Police Station and filed a complaint, alleging that they had been stoned as they watched the PM Modi documentary on their laptops and mobile devices.
After the police gave them the assurance that they would check into the situation, the protest was called off.
Aishe Ghosh, president of the JNU Students Union (JNSU), stated that, “We reported the event, and the police informed us that they would check into it right away. We provided each participant’s name and contact information. We are currently ending the demonstration. Additionally, we’ll lodge a grievance with the JNU Proctor office.
“The ABVP threw stones, but the administration has yet to take action. We were almost done with the film’s screening. Our top priority is to have power restored. We intend to file a FIR,” Ghosh added.
A student from the ABVP claimed, “Do the people making the accusations have any proof that we threw stones? We didn’t throw any stones.”
The JNU had issued a warning on January 23 indicating that the event should be cancelled under pain of harsh disciplinary action because the students’ union had not secured its approval for it.
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Student’s Union (JNUSU) countered that there was no attempt to sow discord of any kind through the documentary or movie’s showing.
“We don’t intend to stir up any kind of discord by screening it. Just watching the documentary on campus is the primary goal. The screening will only include students who voluntarily choose to participate “JNUSU stated in a letter to the university administration.
