Police and Students clash in JNU, Several injured

New Delhi: Breaking News! Several students and police personnel were injured during the clashes inside the JNU Campus on Sunday night. The police resorted to lathicharge and lobbed teargas shells to disperse the violent students. The tension began, when the police arrested four outsider youths for allegedly misbehaving with girls.

The four outsiders came inside the JNU campus at 3:30 PM. They were found drinking in their Hyundai Accent car. When they misbehaved with the girl students and passed lewd remarks, one of the girls reported the matter to the JNU Security and they called the police.

According to some eye-witnesses, one of four accused claimed to be the son of a police officer and even threatened the security guard with a gun. They all were in a drunken state.

Over 500 JNU students gathered around the police van, when the police was trying to take the accused to the police station. They demanded apology from the accused, and became violent when police did not allow the youths to come out of the vehicle. The police did not even reveal the identity of the accused, even if the students demanded so.