By Maktoob
Many students were left injured after a mob allegedly belonging to Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and other right-wing groups entered Kolkata’s Jadavpur University and vandalised properties in the middle of the night.
Tensions gripped the campus early Thursday morning when videos circulated on WhatsApp showing a mob breaking doors of the campus and entering. The mob was also raising slogans.
Speaking to Maktoob, Indranuj Ray, a student of Jadavpur University and member of the Revolutionary Students’ Front (RSF), said that around midnight men on bikes entered the campus, thrashed students and vandalised the student union rooms and hostels.
“The locks were broken. The students at the hostel are resisting with all their might and not letting these goons enter the hostel areas. Police were on standby, not intervening,” he said.
According to reports, the conflict arose over a general meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students’ Union (FETSU).
“CCTV control rooms were attacked; footage is being destroyed. VC remains unresponsive, and police, when contacted through emergency numbers, are hanging up calls,” Ray added.
As ABVP entered the campus, the left student unions clashed with the former, in which both sides were injured. A student told Maktoob that they beat up ABVP students who tried to enter the hostel.
While the ABVP, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), accused left-leaning SFI and DSO-DSF of orchestrating a planned attack in the guise of a general meeting, DSO members alleged that ABVP brought outsiders into the campus and resorted to vandalism.
In the wake of the events, ABVP has announced a protest scheduled at 11 am on Thursday.
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