Jamia alumni files complaint over police action on campus

Taking note of multiple video clips that surfaced in the past couple of days, Jamia Millia Islamia’s alumni association on Tuesday filed a police complaint against

Taking note of multiple video clips that surfaced in the past couple of days, Jamia Millia Islamia’s alumni association on Tuesday filed a police complaint against purported police brutality against students in the university library.

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This came on a day when Delhi Police filed a charge sheet in the violence on December 15 last year during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) when several vehicles were gutted near New Friends Colony. The attack on Jamia students happened after police barged into the campus when they were “pursuing rioters”. Several students and non-teaching staff alleged that the police brutally beat up students and damaged university property.

“... As yet, no action has been initiated by the concerned police authorities to identify the guilty officials/personnel involved and no action against such personnel has been initiated,” the Alumni Association of Jamia Millia Islamia wrote in its complaint.

Since the incident, the Jamia administration and student community has been demanding action against police personnel. Their demands have only grown louder following the multiple closed-circuit television footages that surfaced this week showing police personnel beating students and damaging CCTV cameras.

Jamia administration had also moved court for registration of FIR against Delhi police after there was no response to their multiple complaints. “We had filed multiple complaints over the unauthorised entry of police personnel into the campus, destruction of university property, and police excesses against our students. Following repeated demands made by students, we moved court in the matter and the police have been asked to submit an action taken report by March 16,” said university media coordinator Ahmad Azeem.