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Indian university student body president injured in police crackdown
Violence at JNU campus, JNUSU president injured in attack
Several students, including JNUSU President Aishe Ghosh, were badly injured in violence between ABVP and Left students on the varsity campus on Sunday evening. Outsiders were also reportedly involved.
Visuals from the spot showed a profusely bleeding Ghosh, who was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod. She was taken to a nearby hospital.
General Secretary Satish Chandra was also injured, and some teachers had also been allegedly assaulted.
According to reports from the spot, a mob of outsiders, brandishing lathis, from Munirka area had entered the campus. The miscreants have now reportedly fled.
Visuals from the spot showed a profusely bleeding Ghosh, who was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod. She was taken to a nearby hospital.
General Secretary Satish Chandra was also injured, and some teachers had also been allegedly assaulted.
According to reports from the spot, a mob of outsiders, brandishing lathis, from Munirka area had entered the campus. The miscreants have now reportedly fled.
JNU is one of the most prestigious universities in India. It is public and non-sectarian. It has become in the past week the site of a brutal crackdown by police.
I am afraid Indian democracy lives or dies here.
