24 Delhi University students detained over BBC documentray screening; Section 144 imposed near Faculty of Arts

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said 24 students were detained and the situation is now back to normal.

Days after protests broke out at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia University over screening of BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, students from Delhi University and Ambedkar University too protested against the ban on screening.

Around 24 students and activists belonging to National Students’ Union of India were detained outside Delhi University’s Arts Faculty, police said, adding that they were later released by evening.

An officer said that Section 144 of the CrPC has been imposed in the area to maintain law and order and large gatherings have been restricted.

Amid heavy deployment at Arts Faculty’s gate, students’ outfits had planned to the screen the documentary.

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Congress-affiliated NSUI announced to screen the documentary at 4 pm, while Bhim Army Students’ Federation said that it would hold a screening outside the Arts Faculty at 5 pm.

According to Rajni Abbi, DU’s proctor, the Delhi police will take action as necessary. “No permission was sought from us, we didn’t give any, students continued to protest,” Ms Abbi said.