JNU Meat Row: Pupil Teams Document Move-FIRs, Police officers Say Probe Underway

New Delhi:

The Delhi Police on Monday registered separate FIRs in keeping with proceedings won via two rival pupil teams in reference to a conflict at the JNU campus over non-vegetarian meals being served in a hostel mess and alleged disruption of Ram Navami puja.

This comes an afternoon after the 2 teams clashed on the Jawaharlal Nehru College’s Kaveri Hostel allegedly over the problem.

Police stated Monday that two FIRs were registered at the proceedings won from each the teams and that they’ve won 20 medico-legal circumstances to this point from the scholars injured within the violence.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Manoj C stated that they won a grievance early Monday morning from a bunch of scholars who’re participants of JNUSU, SFI, DSF and AISA towards unknown ABVP scholars.

“Accordingly, we now have a registered an FIR beneath segment 323 (voluntarily inflicting harm), 341 (wrongful restraint), 509 (phrase, gesture or act meant to insult the modesty of a girl), 506 (felony intimidation) and 34 (Acts performed via a number of individuals in furtherance of commonplace purpose).

Additional investigation is on to gather factual or medical proof and determine the culprits,” he stated.

The grievance said, “At 3.45 pm on 10th April, the ABVP scholars assaulted the beef supplier who introduced hen for dinner at Kaveri hostel and when two participants of the mess committee attempted to intrude, then they have been assaulted as neatly.

“Round 7:30 pm, after extended arguments and harsh sloganeering, those goons began assaulting scholars once more, first with their fists and kicks after which with quite a lot of gadgets together with rocks, bricks, flowerpots, rods and tubelights. Now not a unmarried pupil raised their hand to counter this violence, even if many have been being injured….Even the cyclops safety guards have been assaulted via those goons, of which two won critical accidents,” it stated.

The grievance additionally discussed that four pm onwards, scholars began informing police in regards to the violence. Police, then again stated they won the primary PCR name round 8.15 pm.

The complainants additionally accused the police of now not taking any motion even if a number of ladies scholars have been “given demise threats and abused in grownup phrases infront of police body of workers”.

The police stated that any other FIR was once registered at the grievance won Monday afternoon from a bunch of scholars who’re participants of ABVP towards unknown JNUSU, SFI, DSF scholars.

“In keeping with the grievance, we now have registered an FIR beneath sections 323, 341, 506 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code,” the DCP stated, including that additional investigation is on to gather factual and medical proof and determine the culprits.

Statements of round 10 scholars were recorded whilst the ones of alternative scholars who have been both sufferers or witness to the violence might be taken as according to process for additional investigation, he stated.

All of the CCTV pictures and purported movies made via scholars and others may also be scanned and analysed to establish the id of the ones concerned, police stated, including that majority of proceedings have been won from ABVP.

A number of purported movies of the violence surfaced on social media, with one them appearing a pupil, Akhtarista Ansari, bleeding from the pinnacle.

The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Monday alleged that scholars from Left-backed outfits sought after to disrupt a Ram Navami puja, and are the use of diversionary ways via elevating the problem of serving of non-vegetarian meals.

Alternatively, the JNUSU has accused the ABVP of “orchestrating the incident and unleashing violence within the title of meals”.

The JNU Scholars’ Union (JNUSU) on Sunday alleged that Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad participants stopped the mess supplier from supplying hen to the mess and attacked him within the afternoon.

Alternatively, the right-wing ABVP denied the rate and claimed that “Leftists” obstructed a puja organised on the hostel on Ram Navami.

All sides accused each and every different of pelting stones and injuring their participants.

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