Hundreds of students at Azim Premji University gathered on campus on Tuesday evening to protest against the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) following allegations of violence and vandalism linked to a scheduled discussion on the 35th anniversary of the Kunan Poshpora mass rape.
The protest erupted after members of the student collective Spark Reading Circle announced a programme to mark the anniversary of the alleged mass rape of Kashmiri women in Kunan and Poshpora villages on February 23, 1991. The discussion was initially scheduled for 6 pm and later rescheduled to 8:30 pm.
According to students who spoke to Maktoob, cadres of the Hindutva student organisation ABVP allegedly assaulted a Muslim student and vandalised the university’s name board in an attempt to disrupt the event.
Students alleged that the words “Ban Spark” were written across the university name board during the incident.
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Photographs and videos shared by students showed defacement on the board and a large gathering of students assembling in response.
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