Jamia protest: 14 students detained, police personnel deployed outside university campus

Jamia Millia Islamia students detained for protesting against university administration, suspended for vandalism, disrupting law and order.

Fourteen students of Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) were on Thursday detained by the police for vandalising “public property” and “disturbing law and order”, an officer said.

The detainees were among the students protesting against the university administration since Monday over show-cause notices to four students for organising a demonstration on December 15, 2024, the fifth anniversary of the Jamia violence.

The university suspended seven students for holding “unlawful protests” and engaging in “vandalism”.

The protesters said around 5.30 a.m., they were dragged out of the protest site – central canteen – and hustled into three police buses parked outside the university’s main gate.

A source said the university administration called police to remove the students from the protest site to “maintain law and order”.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (South East) Ravi Kumar Singh said all the 14 students – nine women and five men – were released later in the day.

The police maintained that “they did not enter the university campus” with the clear direction from university’s Vice Chanceller Prof. Mazhar Asif.