JNU Violence: HM Amit Shah Asks Delhi LG To Hold Talks With JNU Representatives

According to officials, Shah spoke to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik late on Sunday to find about the situation as the police were deployed in the campus to restore peace.

A day after masked individuals attacked the students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday directed Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to call representatives from the university and hold talks. (PTI)

New Delhi: A day after masked individuals attacked the students at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday directed Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to call representatives from the university and hold talks. According to official sources, Shah spoke to Baijal over the phone on Monday morning. The Home Minister had also inquired on Sunday from the Delhi Police about the situation on the campus. The Secretary of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has also called the Registrar, Proctor and Rector of JNU to his office today. According to officials, Shah spoke to Delhi Police Commissioner Amulya Patnaik late on Sunday to find about the situation as the police were deployed in the campus to restore peace. Several masked individuals thrashed students and teachers inside the campus here with wooden and metal rods on Sunday. A number of students were admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with severe injuries, including the Students Union President Aishe Ghosh, who was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod. Also Watch | JNU attack: Who is this girl in the viral video? The JNU administration and political leaders, cutting across political lines, had condemned the attack on students and urged the police to take action against the perpetrators. Meanwhile, the situation remained tense but peaceful outside JNU on Monday morning as the university guards' maintained a strict vigil at the gate, checking I-cards of all those entering the university. (with inputs from agencies)