NEW DELHI: At least 28 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University ( JNU ), including student union (JNUSU) president Nitesh Kumar, were detained on Saturday evening after a protest outside the campus turned confrontational, Delhi Police said. According to the police, around 70–80 students, including women, gathered near the university’s West Gate around 6 pm. Barricades had been placed to restrict their movement towards Nelson Mandela Marg. “Despite repeated requests, the students forcefully pushed through and broke the barricades, manhandled police personnel, used abusive language, and came onto Nelson Mandela Marg, leading to temporary obstruction of traffic,” the police said in a statement quoted by ANI. To prevent escalation, police detained 28 students — 19 men and 9 women

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