JNU violence: FIR against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh for ‘attacking security guards’

The Delhi
police has filed an FIR against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, accusing her of
attacking JNU security guards and vandalising a server room on January 4, a day
before masked attackers laid siege to the university, multiple reports emerged
on Tuesday.

Violence had
broken out at JNU on Sunday night as masked men armed with sticks and rods
attacked students and teachers and damaged property on the campus. The
left-controlled JNUSU and the RSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
(ABVP) blamed each other for the violence that continued for nearly two hours.

At least 28
people, including Ghosh, were injured as chaos reigned on the campus for nearly
two hours. Ghosh was severely injured.

However,
Manish Jangid of ABVP had alleged that Ghosh and functionaries from her party
were behind the attack. He told sources, “The attack was led by JNUSU
President Aishe Ghosh and others. I was thrashed by the mob led by AISA’s
Satish Chandra Yadav. We will file an FIR and until police ensures us our
safety we will no go back to the university campus.”

Ghosh had
claimed that the university security staff had colluded with the vandals during
the attack and added that some RSS-affiliated professors had been promoting
violence for the past four-five days.

The Delhi
police had earlier registered an FIR against unidentified persons on Monday for
rioting and damaging property. According to the FIR, students were protesting
against a hostel fee hike for the last few days.

According to
instructions issued by the High Court, no protest is allowed within a 100-metre
radius of the administrative block of the university.