The incident on 5 January, at 6:30 pm, where a masked mob consisting of more than 50 people armed with rods and sticks attacked the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi and injured more than 42 students and teachers. Around 30 students who were members of the left-wing groups were injured along with 12 teachers
The left students accused the members of the BJP’s student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad of orchestrating the attacks, while ABVP accused the left Professors who tried to intervene and save the students were also attacked. The policemen inside the campus allegedly did nothing to stop the mob.
Police have said that some of the masked attackers have been identified and complaints have been filed as a single FIR. The FIR has been filed within 20 hours. All 34 students who were injured and admitted to AIIMS were discharged within 24 hours