The Delhi Police has registered a First Information Report (FIR) in connection with the ‘vandalism’ of administration block of the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), during the agitation of the students who were protesting the hostel fee hike last week.
According to Delhi Police officials, a formal complaint was made and submitted by the chief security officer of the JNU on Thursday evening, following which an FIR was registered against unidentified persons on Saturday.
The university administration had submitted photographic and videographic evidence with the complaint. It may be recalled that students had painted various messages for the Vice-Chancellor (VC) inside the administration block on Wednesday last they had barged inside the building to talk to him about the hostel fee hike.
The JNU administration had announced a partial roll back of the hostel fee but the students termed it a mere ‘eyewash’. The students have been occupying the administration block, also referred to as Pink Palace, and have painted messages on the walls of the administration block and near the entrance of the VC’s office.
They are demanding that the hostel fee hike be rolled back fully. The left-backed All India Students’ Association (AISA) condemned the registration of the FIR.
Two other complaints -- one by Professor Buddha Singh, chairman of Swami Vivekananda Statue Installation Committee and another by Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) were filed on Saturday against “objectionable” messages written on base of a statue of Swami Vivekananda.
