The protests in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) over a missing student turned volatile on Wednesday with the agitating students locking down the vice-chancellor and other senior officials in the administrative building. There is a female colleague with us who is unwell as she is diabetic,” JNU vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar said. The JNU students union defended its stand claiming there has been no “illegal detention”. We have also sent food for people inside,” Mohit Pandey, president, JNUSU said. The ABVP alleged that there is inconsistency in the statements of the JNUSU president Mohit Pandey and the roommate of Ahmad.

Source: Hindustan Times October 19, 2016 19:41 UTC