It was an organised attack, says JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh about violence on campus

New Delhi, January 6

A day after JNU students were attacked by a masked mob in the varsity, JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, who was also injured in the violence, on Monday alleged that it was an organised attack and some “RSS affiliated professors” were promoting violence.

JNUSU vice president Saket Moon said the students’ body called up the police for two hours but did not get any help.

“It was an organised attack. They were singling out people and attacking. There is a clear nexus of JNU security and vandals. They did not intervene to stop violence,” Ghosh told reporters.

“For last 4-5 days, some RSS-affiliated professors were promoting violence to break our movement.

“Are we wrong to ask for the safety from the JNU and Delhi Police?” the JNU Student Union president added.

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Around 35 students were admitted at the AIIMS and Safdurjung hospitals after a masked mob went on a rampage in JNU on Sunday evening.

“It was an organised attack, they were identifying people and attacking them,” Ghosh said.

Narrating the attack on her, Ghosh said they were singled out beside a car that was also vandalised.

“I was surrounded by 30 persons who hit me with iron rods continuously. We were punched. They were about to lynch us and were abusing us,” Ghosh, who received head injuries, said. 

36 people treated at AIIMS trauma centre after violence; all discharged

Thirty-six people admitted to AIIMS Trauma Centre here after violence at the JNU were discharged on Monday morning, officials at the hospital said.

Four out of the 36 people, which included faculty and students of JNU, had minor head injuries, while others had suffered soft tissue injuries, abrasions, fracture and lacerations among others.

They were brought to the Trauma Centre between 5 pm on Sunday to 2 am on Monday.

“As many as 36 people, including Yogendra Yadav, students and faculty members of JNU were admitted and treated at the AIIMS Trauma Centre after violence in JNU on Sunday. Four of them, which includes JNU Students’ Union president Aishe Ghosh and a faculty had head injuries. Another person had a fracture in fingers.

“All those who came were attended to by the doctors, underwent investigations and were given treatment. 13 were discharged yesterday itself and the remaining were discharged by early on Monday morning,” a senior doctor said.

Two more victims reported at 12 noon with soft tissue injuries. They were attended to and discharged by 2:30 pm, the doctor added.

Three victims of JNU violence were also learnt to have gone to Safdarjung Hospital on Sunday night, sources at the Centre-run hospital said. — PTI

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