JNU student group clash over non-veg food in canteen on Ram Navami

Around 15 students were severely injured and were taken to the nearby Safdarjung Hospital. The administration also informed the police about the clash.

A violent fight broke out between two student groups on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus allegedly over the hostel mess serving the non-vegetarian food while other student group had organised havan on the occasion of Ram Navami. 

Around 15 students were severely injured and were taken to the nearby Safdarjung Hospital. The administration also informed police about the clash.

As per reports, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) had organised havan at the Kaveri Hostel on Sunday on Ram Navami. The leftwing student group alleged that ABVP was not allowing non-veg food to be cooked, which is as per the set menu on the weekend, on the pretext of the puja. The issue over non-veg food started on Saturday itself, according to hostel residents.

The supplier had come to the hostel on Sunday but was allegedly sent away by ABVP activists. The left-wing student group called a meet against ABVP’s imposition on their “right to food”.

By the time the meeting was held and the havan by ABVP activists also done, altercation started between students that soon turned into full-blown clashes. Police claimed that six people from both sides were injured. However, students said from each side at least 15 people were hurt. Some were taken to hospital.

A sociology student, Akhtarishta, received injuries on her head- a little above the eye- and was bleeding. A resident of the hostel, Nitish, who had received injury on his foot and was limping said, "I am waiting for the ambulance." Around 15 students from JNU have been taken to the emergency services at Safdarjung Hospital. "MLC (medico-legal certificate) has been done for all of them. Some of them have got injuries on their forehead, stitches are done. No one has received any severe injuries," said an official from Safdarjung Hospital, as reported by TOI.

According to the police, they received a call about the incident and rushed to the spot. The cops went in after the JNU administration allowed them to enter the campus in the evening. 

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