JNU violence: VC calls for putting 'past behind' even as Delhi Police names Aishe Ghosh in FIRs; Mumbai's Gateway of India protests called off
FirstpostJawaharlal Nehru University vice chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, under fire from students and faculty members for inaction when masked people unleashed violence inside the campus on 5 January, on Tuesday appealed to “put the past behind”, even as the Delhi Police file two separate FIRs against JNU student union president Aishe Ghosh, who sustained a head injury in the incident. Jawaharlal Nehru University vice-chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar, under fire from students and faculty members for inaction when masked people unleashed violence inside the campus on 5 January, on Tuesday appealed to “put the past behind”, even as the Delhi Police filed two separate FIRs against JNU student union president Aishe Ghosh, who sustained a head injury in the incident. A day after JNU students, faculty, and prominent alumni called for Kumar’s resignation for loopholes in the administration’s response after the violence began in the campus, the vice-chancellor issued a brief statement calling the incident “unfortunate” and urging students who have left the campus in fear, to come back. Mumbai’s Gateway of India protests called-off; FIR against woman On the other hand, the group that had gathered at Mumbai’s Gateway of India in a protest that went on for more than 24 hours, were evicted on Tuesday morning “as roads were getting blocked and tourists and common people were facing problems”, Mumbai Police was quoted by PTI as saying.