Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi

New Delhi, Oct 19: Tensions flared at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Saturday as at least 28 students were detained during a protest march to the Vasant Kunj police station in South Delhi. Six police personnel were injured in a scuffle that broke out when the students attempted to breach barricades near the campus gate.

The march was organised by Left-affiliated members of the JNU Students’ Union (JNUSU), who accused police of failing to act on a complaint lodged by JNUSU president Nitish Kumar. Kumar had alleged that he was physically assaulted, held hostage, and subjected to casteist slurs by members of the RSS-backed Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) after a university meeting to select the election committee for the upcoming union p

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