Students protest across country following yesterday's JNU attack
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More than 18 students of the university were injured after a group of masked men entered the varsity and attacked them and teachers with sticks and rods.
A day after violence rocked Jawaharlal Nehru University campus, students across the country condemned the incident and organised protest marches.
More than 18 students of the university, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were injured and were taken to the AIIMS Trauma Centre after a group of masked men entered the varsity and attacked them and teachers with sticks and rods.
Several students from the city thronged the Gateway of India and organised a protest against yesterday's violence in JNU.
#WATCH Students' protest underway at Mumbai's Gateway of India over yesterday's violence at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University pic.twitter.com/qqt76auUuc
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
In Tamil Nadu, Students organised a candle march in Chennai to protest the brutal assault on JNU students.
In West Bengal, clashes broke out between Jadavpur University students and police personnel, near Sulekha Mor in Kolkata, during a protest against JNU violence. Police lathi-charged the students.
Mumbai: Poster reading, 'Free Kashmir' seen at Gateway of India, during protest against yesterday's violence at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University. #Maharashtra pic.twitter.com/WrEi8DQwhP
— ANI (@ANI) January 6, 2020
In Delhi, Indian Youth Congress members held a torch rally at India Gate against yesterday's violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Security has been beefed up in and around JNU in Delhi.