JNU students clash with security guards over scholarship fund: Delhi Police

August 22, New Delhi: The Delhi Police said on Monday that a fight broke out between a group of students from Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and security guards employed by the varsity.

According to reports, the students were demanding that scholarships that had been “pending” for two years be distributed. “When JNU security guards arrived and attempted to remove the students, they staged a protest at the administration office. A brawl erupted between students and on-duty security guards,” a police official stated

However, the police said they had not received any complaints about the incident. “So far no complaint has been received in this regard. Necessary legal action will be taken when received,” added the police official.

As per some claims, some students were injured during the clash. “At the behest of the VC Rector, JNU guards beat up the students, and dragged them. Several students got hurt,” tweeted BJP youth wing ABVP’s JNU unit.

The JNU ABVP tweeted a video of the incident and wrote, “After exposing the corruption of the JNU, when the ABVP JNU activists were agitating for the stalled scholarship of JNU students for years, the goons of the Rector posted as the security guard of JNU attacked the students. #JNURector_gunda_hai #JNURector_must_resign.”