Many Had Broken Limbs & Head Injuries: Priyanka After Meeting Injured JNU Students At AIIMS

As many as 18 people from the university have been admitted after the violence, AIIMS Trauma Centre said in a statement.

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New Delhi: Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday night reached the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), to meet the students of the Jawaharlal Nehru University injured in the violence which erupted in the varsity in the evening. After meeting the students, she tweeted that she was told that they were attacked by the police also. "Wounded students at AIIMS trauma centre told me that goons entered the campus and attacked them with sticks and other weapons. Many had broken limbs and injuries on their heads. One student said the police kicked him several times on his head," she tweeted.

"There is something deeply sickening about a government that allows and encourages such violence to be inflicted on their own children," she added. 

 Wounded students at AIIMS trauma centre told me that goons entered the campus and attacked them with sticks and other weapons. Many had broken limbs and injuries on their heads. One student said the police kicked him several times on his head.

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 5, 2020

There is something deeply sickening about a government that allows and encourages such violence to be inflicted on their own children.

— Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) January 5, 2020

As many as 18 people from the university have been admitted after the violence, AIIMS Trauma Centre said in a statement. As per AIIMS Trauma Centre official, "18 people from Jawaharlal Nehru University have come to AIIMS Trauma Centre with complaints of bleeding in head, abrasions among others. Investigations are underway." Violence swept the JNU on Sunday evening as several masked individuals, both male and female, thrashed students, including girls, and teachers inside the varsity campus with wooden and metal rods. Earlier, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condemned the incident. "The brutal attack on JNU students & teachers by masked thugs, that has left many seriously injured, is shocking. The fascists in control of our nation, are afraid of the voices of our brave students. Today's violence in JNU is a reflection of that fear. #SOSJNU," he said, in a tweet. Two officer-bearers of the Jawaharal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU), including President Aishe Ghosh - who was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod, received severe injuries. They accused RSS' student wing Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for the rampant violence in the campus. Hostel rooms, and lobbies were vandalised during the assault while several vehicles standing on roads were damaged by the unidentified miscreants. The situation turned violent after masked goons attacked a peace march being carried out by teachers and students against the violence in campus. Earlier, the ABVP had accused Left inclined students of vandalising the Periyar hostel and severely injuring various students present inside the hostel.