New Delhi: A masked mob armed with sticks and stones barged into Delhi’s prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru University this evening and beat up students and teachers, leaving at least 20 injured, including the chief of the students’ union. The JNU administration said the attackers are still in the campus and the police have been called. The JNUSU has alleged the involvement of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad or ABVP, the student body linked to the BJP, in the attack. The ABVP has alleged that their members were attacked by leftist students. Later in the evening, the police said they held a flag march in the campus and the situation was “under control”. Sources said Home Minister Amit Shah has asked Delhi Police chief Amulya Patnaik for a report. Late in the evening, hundreds gathered outside the police headquarters to protest against the violence.
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