(Express photograph: Tashi Tobgyal)A Delhi Police fact-finding committee formed to “probe the sequence of events” and “negligence on part of local police” in connection with the violence inside Jawaharlal Nehru University campus on January 5, has given a clean chit to the force, it is learnt. At the time, questions were raised as to why police had remained outside the campus even as violence raged inside. Violence broke out at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday night after a masked mob armed with sticks and bricks attacked students and teachers inside the campus. Violence broke out at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday night after a masked mob armed with sticks and bricks attacked students and teachers inside the campus. JNU violence: Delhi Police watch as ambulances smashed, leaders heckled JNU violence: Delhi Police watch as ambulances smashed, leaders heckled“Their job was to ensure compliance with the High Court order directing police to ensure that no dharna or protest takes place within 100 metres of the admin block.

Source: Indian Express November 18, 2020 22:18 UTC