17 hrs ago
DU Students Allege Violence Over Filming Banned Chits
Some Delhi University students said they were attacked while recording voting chits that were not allowed to be filmed.
They said people connected to two student groups, NSUI and ABVP, were involved.
The groups were also reportedly arguing and scuffling outside Ramjas.
Each group accused the other of breaking the same election rule.
The students said their phones were taken away.
They also said police did not properly respond when they complained.
One phone was returned bent.
The students believed it had been damaged on purpose.
Students at Delhi University alleged they were hit and had phones taken after filming prohibited voting chits.
The students blamed workers affiliated with both NSUI and ABVP for the alleged incidents.
NSUI and ABVP workers were reportedly scuffling outside Ramjas while accusing each other of violating the same code.
Students alleged police did not act after they reported the alleged assaults and phone seizures.
One student said a returned phone was bent in a way suggesting it had been deliberately struck.
- Who
- Delhi University students and workers affiliated with NSUI and ABVP are identified in the account.
- What
- Students alleged that they were hit, had phones seized, and received little police action after filming banned voting chits.
- Where
- Outside Ramjas.
- When
- On poll day.
- Why
- The students said the alleged violence followed their filming of prohibited voting chits; NSUI and ABVP workers reportedly accused each other of violating the same code.
Students' allegations
Student-group counterclaims
Who violated the election code
Students' allegations
The students said they were targeted after filming voting chits that were banned from being filmed.
Student-group counterclaims
NSUI and ABVP workers reportedly accused each other of breaking the same code.
Response to the incident
Students' allegations
Students alleged that workers took their phones, hit them, and that police failed to act after complaints.
Student-group counterclaims
The account does not provide a response from NSUI, ABVP, or police confirming or denying those allegations.
Key facts
- Setting
- Delhi University poll day
- Reported location
- Outside Ramjas
- Alleged conduct
- Students said they were hit in the face and had phones taken.
- Student groups mentioned
- NSUI and ABVP
- Police response
- Students alleged police did not act after they reported the incident.
- Phone damage
- One student said a returned phone was bent, allegedly from being deliberately struck.
Quotes
An unnamed DU student
A student describing the alleged seizure of a phone and police response.
“They took the phone, handed it to the police, and told us to go collect it ourselves. The police did nothing.”
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“not the way it bends from a fall on the pavement, but from being deliberately struck”
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Sources
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