Memories of Police Atrocities on a University Campus
It was the evening of December 15, 2019. Messages rushing in, one after another. About Jamia students being attacked, bloodied.
A policeman approaches the CCTV camera in the Jamia library to break it. Photo: Screengrab from video released by Maktoob Media.
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âCandle light protest halted. Protesters detained by the police. They were taken to the Lajpat Nagar thana. But they are not there. Mother and sister of Umar Khalid were in the protest.â
The message flashed on my phone. I did not have to confirm the news. Nadeem Khan of âUnited Against Hateâ was the source. I got alarmed. Called Iliyas
Updated Dec 15, 2020 · 11:08 pm File photo: Students hold placards and shout slogans in solidarity with Jamia Millia Islamia university students in New Delhi in 2019. | Reuters
The Delhi Police on Tuesday detained a group of people, including students, who participated in a candle-light procession near the Jamia Millia Islamia University to mark the one year anniversary of the violence that broke out on the campus last year on December 15.
Activist Umar Khalid’s mother and younger sister were among those who were detained, Khalid’s father Syed Qasim Ilyas told
Scroll.in. Ilyas said a small group of women and students was holding a small candle-light march in the Batla House locality, when the police arrived and took them away to an undisclosed location.
Jamia violence anniversary: Students, activists take out candle march, stopped by police
Jamia violence anniversary: Students, activists take out candle march, stopped by police
Various students, activists organised a candle march to mark the first anniversary of the Jamia Millia Islamia violence on Tuesday in Delhi.
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UPDATED: December 16, 2020 02:53 IST
Students take out candle march to mark the first anniversary of the Jamia Millia Islamia violence in Delhi. (Arvind Ojha)
Scores of students, activists, including former JNU students leader Umar Khalid s mother and sisters, organised a candle march on Tuesday to mark the first anniversary of police brutality which unfolded at Jamia Millia Islamia University in Delhi last year, officials said.
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By Sreshta Ladegaam| Updated: 16th December 2020 5:52 pm IST Delhi police hitting Jamia Milia Islamia students with batons during an anti-CAA protest.
Today marks exactly one year since the horrific display of brutality by Delhi Police on a revered space of education that’s supposed to function as a bastion of free speech and democratic discourse. On 15 December 2019, Delhi police unleashed their callousness on Jamia Milia Islamia in New Delhi, leaving several students injured and the campus almost destroyed. The incident attracted widespread criticism and set off nationwide protests.
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