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EFLU Students Clash Over Hostel Warden's Alleged Sexist Remarks
Something happened at a university called EFLU, where students live in hostels.
Two girls wanted to share a room, but a staff member in charge of their hostel said rude things to them and made them upset.
Some students from a group called ABVP started a protest about this and about other problems like a lack of water and dirty washrooms.
Then students from another group, called NSUI, came, and there was a big fight between them.
The two groups blame each other for starting the fight.
ABVP says NSUI members came at three o'clock in the morning and hurt some of their students.
NSUI says ABVP hurt their leaders with sticks and bottles and said mean things about some students' communities.
Police came to the campus and held some of the students for a while.
Both groups want the police to find out what really happened and punish the people who did wrong.
A dispute over alleged sexist remarks by a warden at EFLU's Mahalaqa Bai Chanda Women's Hostel escalated into clashes between ABVP and NSUI students in the early hours of August 14.
ABVP alleged that around 3 am a group of about 20 NSUI members entered a second-year BA student's room and assaulted him, and that other ABVP members were attacked.
NSUI alleged that ABVP members attacked its student leaders with sticks and glass bottles, injuring several, including general secretary Sohil Yadav, and that casteist abuse was directed at Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe students.
The warden allegedly told two female students asking to stay as roommates to either stay in their allotted room or leave the hostel, questioned their character, and threatened to call their parents.
ABVP denied initiating the violence, claimed police harassed its students while treating NSUI members as victims, and said eight of its students were detained; both groups demanded a fair investigation.
- Who
- Students affiliated with ABVP and NSUI at the English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU), along with a women's hostel warden.
- What
- A dispute over alleged sexist remarks by a hostel warden escalated into physical clashes between ABVP and NSUI students.
- Where
- The English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) campus and the Mahalaqa Bai Chanda Women's Hostel.
- When
- The dispute began on August 13; clashes occurred in the early hours of Friday, August 14.
- Why
- ABVP protested the warden's alleged remarks and hostel conditions such as lack of water and clean washrooms, and the confrontation with NSUI members escalated into violence.
NSUI's Account
ABVP's Account
Who initiated the violence
NSUI's Account
NSUI accused ABVP members of attacking its student leaders with sticks and glass bottles, injuring several students.
ABVP's Account
ABVP denied initiating the violence, saying its members came out in 'total self-defence' after about 20 NSUI members assaulted a second-year BA student around 3 am.
Police conduct during the clash
NSUI's Account
NSUI members were treated as victims: three leaders were administered first-aid at a hospital and were visited by Congress leader Vamshi Chand Reddy.
ABVP's Account
ABVP alleged police were harassing ABVP students while treating those from NSUI as victims, and that eight ABVP students remained detained around 8 am.
Nature of the allegations
NSUI's Account
NSUI alleged that casteist abuse was directed at students belonging to Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities during the clashes.
ABVP's Account
ABVP framed its protest around the warden's alleged sexist remarks and hostel concerns such as lack of water and clean washrooms, and said NSUI members tried to disrupt it.
Key facts
- University
- English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU)
- Groups involved
- ABVP and NSUI
- Hostel
- Mahalaqa Bai Chanda Women's Hostel
- Dispute began
- August 13
- Clashes occurred
- Early hours of August 14
- First aid
- Three NSUI leaders treated at CC Shroff Memorial Hospital
- Detentions
- Eight ABVP students detained by police
- NSUI leaders allegedly injured
- Sohil Yadav, Prashant Singh, Harsh Tamrakar, Ashish Kumar Yadav, Sonu Raj
Sources
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