Six JNU college students booked amid row over campus violence

Six college students from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have been detained on Sunday (October 19, 2025), a day after Left-affiliated pupil teams held a campus protest towards alleged violence by members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) throughout the current normal physique conferences (GBMs). 

The protest intensified when college students tried to march to the Vasant Kunj police station, demanding an FIR towards ABVP members. Instead, the police registered an FIR on Sunday on the identical station towards Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) president Nitish Kumar, vice-president Manisha, normal secretary Munteha Fatima, and three different college students. 

The expenses fall below Sections 221 (obstructing public servants), 132 (assault or felony drive to discourage a public servant), 121(2) (inflicting grievous damage to a public servant), and three(5) (holding all members in a gaggle collectively accountable for an offence) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). Several others have been additionally reportedly detained below Section 65 of the Delhi Police Act. 

Left pupil teams, together with the All India Students’ Association (AISA) and the Students’ Federation of India (SFI), alleged that the police used extreme drive throughout the protest. AISA claimed college students have been “brutally crushed up”, whereas the SFI accused police personnel of manhandling feminine college students. 

The police, nevertheless, denied allegations, stating that every one college students have been launched by Sunday night. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Southwest) Amit Goel stated that round 70-80 college students had gathered on the JNU West Gate round 6 p.m. on Saturday, broke by barricades, obstructed visitors on Nelson Mandela Marg, and manhandled police personnel. He stated 28 college students have been detained to stop additional escalation and that six police personnel have been injured. 

The protest, described by organisers as a “march for social justice”, was led by Left-affiliated teams questioning the delay in police motion towards ABVP members. The SFI on Sunday accused the Delhi police of being “silent witnesses” to the violence allegedly attributable to ABVP members, whereas utilizing “brutal drive” towards college students holding a peaceable march. 

‘Dictatorial behaviour’ 

The organisation demanded the speedy registration of an FIR below the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and different related legal guidelines towards ABVP members accused of constructing “casteist and Islamophobic” remarks throughout the GBMs. It additionally sought the suspension of police officers who allegedly attacked college students and JNUSU workplace bearers. 

In response, the ABVP held a counter-protest and burned an effigy of the Left-led JNUSU at Sabarmati T-Point on Sunday. The group accused the JNUSU of violating democratic procedures whereas saying the Election Committee (EC) throughout the GBMs of the School of Social Sciences (SSS) and the School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies (SLL&CS). 

“The accountability for the irregularities occurring in JNU lies completely with the Left teams. At the SSS GBM, the JNUSU president unilaterally declared the Election Committee inside 5 minutes, with none proposal, voting, or headcount. This dictatorial behaviour is a violation of JNU’s democratic framework and a betrayal of scholars’ belief,” the ABVP stated in an announcement.