TheJawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) has claimed that some 'masked'persons entered the JNU's Sabarmati and other hostels and thrashed the studentswith sticks and rods on Sunday.

Thestudents' union has alleged that the attack was orchestrated by theRSS-affiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP).

TheJNUSU has alleged that ABVP 'goons' pelted stones and also vandalised theproperty at the Sabarmati hostel.

As reports of violence have emerged from the JNU hostel, images ofJNUSU president Aishe Ghosh being brutally beaten up during the attack havesurfaced.

"Ihave been brutally attacked by goons wearing masks. I have been bleeding. I wasbrutally beaten up," Aishe Ghosh was quoted as saying.

Some on social media have claimed that the attack was over the hostelfee hike and the boycott of the registration ahead of the semester exams.