Jamia shuts lessons, library on anti-CAA protest anniversary; scholar physique hits out

A bit of scholars questioned the timing of the discover, significantly with exams approaching, and alleged that it was an try and suppress their proper to peaceable protest.

An announcement from AISA criticised the administration and police for what it referred to as a “nexus” to stifle dissent.

“The college administration has shut down the campus fully and stationed police inside and out of doors to forestall any exercise across the space,” it stated

“On fifteenth December 2019, the Delhi Police injured our mates, vandalised our campus, and handled us like terrorists. At this time, they’re refusing to even allow us to keep in mind that day of horror,” AISA stated.

There was no quick response from the college administration on the allegations.

On 15 December 2019, Delhi Police entered the Jamia campus following protests in opposition to the Citizenship (Modification) Act. A number of college students had been injured, and movies of police personnel beating college students and vandalising the library sparked outrage nationwide.

The police, nevertheless, maintained that they entered the campus whereas on the lookout for “outsiders” who had been concerned in arson and violence in the course of the anti-CAA protest exterior the campus.