JNU Violence: Protest in Mumbai Continues, Police 'Re-Locates' Protesters From Gateway Of India

Protesters, waving the tricolour, also raised slogans like Kagaz nahi dikhayenge' and Tum kaun ho be'. They demanded the resignation of Modi and Shah.

Several people in Mumbai took to streets, demonstrating against the attack on JNU students. (ANI)

Mumbai: People protesting against the JNU violence were evicted from Gateway of India here on Tuesday morning as roads were getting blocked and tourists and common people were facing problems, a police official said. Police had appealed to the protesters to shift but they didn't listen, so they were "relocated" to Azad Maidan, the official said. Several people in Mumbai took to streets, demonstrating against the attack on JNU students. With tambourines and guitars in their hands and songs of revolution on their lips, people protested against the attack throughout the night in front of the Gateway of India and the Taj Mahal Palace hotel. Protesters, waving the tricolor, also raised slogans like Kagaz nahi dikhayenge' and Tum kaun ho be'. They demanded the resignation of Modi and Shah. However, earlier on Tuesday, protesters at Gateway of India were evicted by Police and relocated to Azad Maidan. After night-long peaceful protests at Gateway of India in Mumbai, protesters were forcefully moved from the area by the Mumbai Police. Reports said that the police had denied permission to continue protest at the historic site. The police had urged protesters to move the demonstration to Azad Maidan instead, but the protesters refused to relent, after which hundreds of people were rounded up and put into buses.  People, including students and women, in large numbers had gathered in front of the Gateway of India in South Mumbai's Colaba on Sunday midnight. They were joined by Bollywood celebrities like Anurag Kashyap, Swara Bhaskar and Vishal Dadlani. Besides, slogans against Modi-Shah and their "tanashahi (dictatorship)" were raised by the protesters as they opposed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, the National Register of Citizens and the National Population Register. They also brought up the issue of the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019, during their protest. Songs like Hum dekhenge', Hum honge kamyab', Sarfaroshi ki tamanna' rent the air as students of IIT Bombay, TISS, and members of students' organisations, including the ASFI, raised slogans against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah. Also Watch | When Bollywood celebrities staged protest against JNU case On Sunday evening, masked people brandishing hockey sticks and iron rods stormed the JNU campus in Delhi and systematically targeted students in three hostels, unleashing mayhem with sticks, stones and iron rods, hitting inmates and breaking windows, furniture and personal belongings. They also attacked a women's hostel. In the violence, 34 people were injured. Goons of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) attacked students by entering the women's hostel at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), the protesters alleged and demanded that the students' organisation be banned. Heavy police deployment was made at the protest site and water, tea, biscuits and fruits were being served to protesters. Civic bodies made arrangements for toilets. Earlier on Monday, protest were organised near the Hutatma Chowk at Fort, but later permission was denied. A call was given that people join the protests in front of the Gateway of India. Demonstrations had started there after Sunday midnight. The organisers had asked participants to bring food, water, bed sheets, jackets, mats, power banks, charger, medicines.