Following the incident of alleged assault on JNU's Dean of Students by a group of protesters led by JNU Students Union (JNUSU) on Monday, the JNUSU on Wednesday alleged that agitators are rather victim in the whole episode and not the culprit.
JNUSU has allegedly played the “victim-card” and has accused JNU administration of victimising and “witch-hunting” the
students.
“On the 12th of march, 2018 the JNUSU gave a call for Dera Dalo protest at the Dean of Students Office at 11:30 am to discuss the issue of arbitrary mess charges hike. All hostel presidents and the JNUSU, represented by the IHA convenor, Simone Zoya Khan demanded a meeting with the Dean of Students,” said JNUSU.
It further says that with the meeting reaching a 'deadlock' students were being asked to assemble outside the Deans office, without blocking any official. However, the security led by Ramesh Pawar confined the JNUSU Vice President, Simone Zoya Khan along with other hostel presidents from around 1:45 pm onwards.
Further narrating the incident , JNUSU alleged that peacefully protesting students were beaten up by the security personnel while the students pleaded with the DoS to resume talks, instead of being a mute spectator to the assaults on students.
JNUSU claims that a complaint against JNU security officials has been filed with the Delhi police