More than 100 students many of whom were shot during the clash with Indian police, were injured on Sunday as demonstration turned violent in New Delhi's Jamia Millia Islamia University.
Thousands of students protested the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) that will give citizenship to non-Muslims from several neighboring countries. However, the peaceful protest turned violent after the Indian police resorted to baton charge and fired tear gas shells to disperse the protesters.
“Even empty buildings were raided. Some policemen entered the toilets and attacked students, ”a student was quoted as saying by Scroll.in. The police arrested as many as 50 students. However, they were released on Monday.
Just gutted watching this video from AMU sent by a student pic.twitter.com/WyLrsYOvhD
— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) December 15, 2019
Torching of buses was wrong, condemable, hideous, whoever did it must be punished. @DelhiPolice entering campus of #Jamia, opening fire, chasing students into libraries and urinals, monstrous and excessive. The videos are horrific. You can hear students pleading for help
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) December 15, 2019
Many students told The Associated Press that the police fired tear gas inside the university’s library and beat up protesters before sealing all campus gates. Videos surfaced on social media in which the police can be seen firing tear gas and students huddled under tables and locked inside bathrooms.
Students of #Jamia sent me this video, one of many but the only one I'm sharing for now. They say, tear gas shells are being fired inside campus, including inside library which is now smoke filled. I repeat we need an independent inquiry : how did Delhi erupt? pic.twitter.com/jMzmXkmZn7
— barkha dutt (@BDUTT) December 15, 2019
Similarly, protests also took place in Aligarh Muslim University when students held a solidarity march to express sympathy with the Jamia students. "We are evacuating AMU today, we will send all students home," UP Director General of Police OP Singh told NDTV.
What's happening in #Delhi ,is showing true face of #India .India is a secular country, it's not only for Hindu to live there. All religions have equal rights to live there, to own the country. #JamiaMilia #Delhiviolence #AligarhMuslimUniversity
— Mona Khan🇵🇰 (@mona_qau) December 15, 2019
Meanwhile, senior advocate Indira Jaising mentioned Jamia Millia Islamia and Aligarh Muslim University incidents before a bench headed by Chief Justice SA Bobde on Monday. The Indian SC said it will take up the matter tomorrow.
#AMUStudents #AMU #AligarhMuslimUniversity
AMU is going through similar brutalities. Share and spread awareness about them too. They have a internet shutdown.And are way more helpless than us.We still got media coverage because we are in Delhi and have a network of universities. pic.twitter.com/iOmQxnCdLV
— Aligarh Muslim University Journal. (@AMUJournal) December 15, 2019