Two months after violence broke out on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi, a flurry of videos from the night of December 15 have ente...
Two months after violence broke out on the Jamia Millia Islamia campus in Delhi, a flurry of videos from the night of December 15 have entered the public domain. Unlike the videos that emerged in the immediate aftermath of the violence, these are not shot on shaky phone cameras. They appear to be clips from footage of the closed circuit television cameras installed in the university.
On the evening of December 15, police personnel stormed the Jamia campus after protests broke out against the newly passed Citizenship Amendment Act. They did not have permission to do so from the university authorities. The police claimed they were pursuing violent protesters – vehicles had been vandalised and set alight outside the campus that day.
Jamia students claim the attack by the police was “unprovoked”. It was only when they were under attack that some picked up stones, they said. As the police unleashed lathis and tear gas on terrified students, at least 125 were injured, according to politician and activist Yogendra Yadav. Numerous student accounts suggest that the police had used excessive force at Jamia on December 15. The episode triggered protests in campuses across the country, as students expressed solidarity with Jamia.
The CCTV videos released this week set...
