‘Was just trying to pass water’: Jamia detentions and campus shutdown deepen standoff over union
The security presence outside Jamia Millia Islamia is sparser, but each entrance is guarded. There is a police warning and loudspeakers outside. Classes continue online. Inside, a sit-in that entered its 17th day on Wednesday has five students on hunger strike. Outside, students say all campus activities are nearly shut and even food and water are not being let in.
It was around the gates, on Monday evening, that Delhi Police detained three people: Niranjan KS, a member of the All India Revolutionary Students Organisation (AIRSO); Munna Qureshi, a Jamia student pursuing a certificate course…
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