Thread by @MnshaP

A detailed report on #JNUViolence by @sighyush and @veenanmnair14 who were on the spot till about 3 am.
newslaundry.com/2020/01/06/the…

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 “I was returning from Munirka with groceries at around 8.15 pm when the police refused to allow me to enter the campus from the main gate,” said Jyoti, a student.

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 “So I walked ahead to the Saraswatipuram gate. There, men shouting ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’ slogans were allowed to enter by the police. But when I tried to enter on my scooter, I was let in only after furnishing identification.”

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 “The minorities and the students belonging to the left-wing political groups were attacked. It is very clear as some other rooms are left untouched.”

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 “I screamed when they assaulted me. They then realised that I was blind and left me alone. Some of them said I was lying and that I could see. The only thing these people wanted was to teach a lesson in terror.”

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 Between 9 and 10 pm, bursts of violence broke out outside the JNU main gate between right-wing elements and JNU students. The latter were easily overpowered.

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 When some female students confronted the rowdy men, they complained to the police: “Look, these women are trying to beat us. You know what will happen when we decide to reciprocate, right?”

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 The police stood quietly in a state of zen, observing the ruckus. “Delhi police zindabad,” the mob chanted.

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 Students and teachers at JNU told Newslaundry that the mob’s motivation to perpetrate terror could be traced to the events of the previous day. The university had scheduled its registration process for the winter semester between January 1 and January 5 this year.

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 Students protesting against the recent fee hikes had shut down the WiFi in the university on Saturday, January 4. The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student outfit of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, tried to restore the WiFi when a scuffle broke out between the two groups

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 Videos of the scuffle obtained by Newslaundry purportedly show ABVP students carrying sticks and rods and attacking other students outside the Communication and Information Services office on January 4.

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 The JNUSU had made similar allegations against the ABVP, as reported by The Times of India on January 5.

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/reg…

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 When asked who he suspected these masked men were, DK Lobiyal, the president of the JNU Teachers’ Association, said the men did everything in the presence of a passive police force, so “one can guess who it is”.

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 “I’m afraid the police is involved in this. They stood by and watched. Some of my female friends complained to them out of fear, and they just asked others to make videos of her"

@sighyush @veenanmnair14 Room numbers 156 & 157 of the hostel, occupied by Kashmiri students, were ransacked completely.

The targeted attack was confirmed by students whose rooms were untouched: “Being a Hindu male is a privilege which worked for me. Moreover, I don’t belong to any political party.”