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JNUSU & JNUTA protest against police brutality

New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru University's Teachers Association (JNUTA) and Students Union (JNUSU) on Tuesday took out a protest against police for their brutal behaviour on students during a march on Monday. Speaking to Millennium Post, a professor of JNU who had joined the protest said that the teachers fully support the student's agitattion towards the hostel manual. "Education should be free for all. Students from BPL and different backgrounds come here to study, the fee hike is going to affect the students gravely. This government wants to privatise public universities and we don't support that," he said.

The students who had been protesting were beaten up by the police, where many allege that female students were groped and manhandled by male constables.

Addressing a press conference inside the campus, JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh narrated the whole incident, adding that the police had misplaced her kurta, which was also captured by the media present there. She also said that as promised the four JNUSU members were taken to meet the committee, who have heard to all their demands.

Meanwhile, Suchaita, a student from JNU spoke to Millennium Post and said, "Male police came and pushed me from the chest. Some of us were beaten up and slapped. I have scratch all over my body. Will I do this to myself?"

She added that many female students were groped. Chaitra, another MA student, who was detained said that police had slapped and beaten her, while many were molested.

Shashi Bhushan, who is pursuing MA in History is blind and was present at the protest when the police started using lathi charge. According to eye witness from both media and students community reveal that as soon as Ghosh addressed the protesting students after being released from detention, police switched off the lights of Jor Bagh road outside Safdarjung Tomb and used lathi to disperse the students.

"My friends were holding me, when the police asked me to stand in a corner. However, they then started beating me. When I told them I was

blind, they said it doesn't matter and why the hell was I protesting in the first place," said Bhushan.

The correspondent witnessed several students beaten up and dragged by the police near Ber Sarai, where the second set of barricades were put. The police on the other hand, has denied all allegations, despite photographic and video evidence. Protests are going to continue inside the campus, till the demands of the students are met, according to JNUSU.

Meanwhile, according to a source, HRD Ministry's appointed three-member

committee is coming on Wednesday for a dialogue with the authorities. The committee came into existence on Monday when students took out a march from JNU Campus to Parliament.

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