Vice-chancellor of JNU Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar has alleged that several hundred students from the university broke into his official residence in the university campus and kept his wife confined in the house for several hours.
Few hundred students have broken into my residence at JNU and have confined my wife inside the house. She is alone at home and terrified. Very unfortunate.
— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) March 25, 2019
The VC of JNU informed that he was away in a meeting at that time and his wife was alone in the house. He said she was terrorised by the students. “Is it the way to protest”, he asked on Twitter.
This evening few hundred students forcibly broke into my JNU residence and confined my wife inside home for several hours while I was away in a meeting. Is it the way to protest? Terrorosing a lonely lady at home?
— Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar (@mamidala90) March 25, 2019
Delhi police confirmed that students had organised a march to the residence of Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar today but denied that the protesters entered the house. They claimed that the students did try to enter the house but they were stopped by the security staff. Delhi police also claimed that after this, most students went back to their hostels, but a few of them were still there. Police said that the situation is under control now.
Delhi Police: There was a call for march till the JNU VC’s house today. Students reached his house and tried to enter. They were stopped by the security staff. So far most of the students have gone back to their hostel. Few of them are still there. Situation is under control.
— ANI (@ANI) March 25, 2019
Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar, who is also the Professor of Electrical Engineering in IIT Delhi, is facing opposition from students and teachers of JNU for his reform measures. He has introduced measures like minimum attendance, biometric attendance for teachers, which have been proved to be very unpopular in the university.
In a tweet later today, JNU VC Mamidala Jagadesh Kumar said that while the students’ behaviour last night is condemnable, neither he nor his wife wants to file a police complaint. “We have forgiven them,” he tweeted.
