RTI | How many people were arrested in 2020 JNU violence?

The 2020 JNU violence case is still under investigation. To know the status of the probe, India Today filed a Right to Information (RTI) application.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus has made the national headline over an incident of violence, after a gap of two years. The students’ organisations affiliated to the Left and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) were involved in violent clashes allegedly over non-vegetarian food being served in the hostel mess on the Ram Navami day.

The Delhi Police has registered a case against unidentified members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), an RSS body, based on the complaint filed by a group of students from the Left-affiliated outfits. The police have also lodged an FIR against unidentified Left-wing student-activists following a complaint by the ABVP workers.

Before the Ram Navami confrontation, the last major incident of violence on the JNU campus had taken place on January 5, 2020. A group masked persons went on a rampage on the campus of the university leaving several people injured.

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The 2020 JNU violence case is still under investigation. To know the status of the probe, India Today filed a Right to Information (RTI) application. The questions were:

India Today sought answers to these questions from the Delhi Police under the RTI Act.

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