JNU Protest: Delhi Police Lodges FIR against Unidentified Persons

JNU Protest: Delhi Police Lodges FIR against Unidentified Persons

The Delhi police on Tuesday lodged a FirstInformation Report (FIR) against unidentified people involved in the JawaharlalNehru University (JNU) protest against fee hike for flouting Section 144 of theCode of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), which was imposed in the area surroundingthe university campus and the Parliament, to prevent students from joining theagitation on Monday.

Delhi Police has registered a case under Section186/353 of the IPC at Kishan Garh police station and the case has beenregistered from the police side but they have not received any complaint fromstudents as of now.

It may be mentioned that a massive protest was heldby JNU Students' Union (JNUSU) on Monday in New Delhi against the fee hike bythe university authorities. On Monday the students' plan to march to theParliament which was foiled by Delhi police as they were stopped midway beforereaching the high-security zone in Central Delhi following which they sat nearSafdarjung Tomb on protest, traffic woes to commuters. The students also broke the barricades and clashed with the police.Water cannons were deployed in parts of the national capital to curb theprotest.

Moreover, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)said entry and exit gates of Lok Kalyan Marg, Udyog Bhawan, Patel Chowk andCentral Secretariat were closed temporarily as the services were suspended atthese metro stations.

Road traffic was also affected on severalintersections with vehicular movement being affected on Nelson Mandela Marg,Aurobindo Marg and Baba Gang Nath Marg. Africa Avenue Marg from Sarojini Nagarcrossing to Chanakyapuri was been closed. 

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