by Scroll Staff
Azim Premji University has filed a police complaint against students who had planned to hold an event relating to Kashmir on Tuesday at the institution’s campus in Bengaluru, reported The News Minute on Thursday.
The event was being conducted by a group called Spark Reading Circle APU to discuss the Kunan Poshpora incident, which pertains to allegations of mass rape by security personnel in two villages of Kashmir in February 1991.
Describing the event as an “anti-national activity”, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad held a protest on Tuesday. Members of the group allegedly smeared the university’s signage with black ink, entered the campus and spray-painted signboards and walls. They also allegedly assaulted security guards and students.
Eighteen members of the group were taken into police custody later that day.
The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad is the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, which is the parent organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Later on Tuesday, Azim Premji University Registrar Rishikesh BS filed a police complaint against Spark Reading Circle APU, saying that permission was not sought or granted for the event, reported The News Minute.
University protocol mandates approval for organising programmes on campus, The Hindu quoted the registrar as saying.
The university authorities also claimed that the Spark Reading Circle APU is not registered with the institution.
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