Bolly celebrities slam university mob attack

BOLLYWOOD personalities such as Reema Kagti, Rajkummar Rao, Manoj Bajpayee and Nimrat Kaur have condemned the mob attack on students and teachers at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in Delhi.

Several masked individuals thrashed students and teachers on the campus with wooden and metal rods on Sunday.

Various clashes occurred throughout the day. While the number of injured was not yet known, at least 20 students were admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.

The students’ union president, Aishe Ghosh, was reportedly hit over the eye with an iron rod.

Kagti tweeted: “I stand with the students and people of India. Shame on the government of India for their brutality and barbarism. #JNU #AMU #Jamiya #NoToNRC #NoToCAA.”

Rao said: “What happened in #JNU is shameful, horrific and heartbreaking. Those who are responsible behind these attacks should be punished. #JNUViolence.”

Bajpayee added: “Cruel… horrific… scary… images from JNU are very disturbing. It should be condemned in no uncertain words. No democracy should allow colleges and universities to be so unsafe that goons can enter at will at any time to hurt and intimidate.”

Kaur said: “Disgusted with the cancerous India we wake up to every single day. What’s next? Who’s next? Where’s next? We’re yet to heal from all the recent horrific atrocities and new ones just bulldoze their way right in. Sickened to disbelief. #JamiaMilia #UP #JNU #India.”

The situation returned to normal on Monday, with students going back to the hostels.

Saket Moon, the vice-president of the students’ union, said Ghosh had also returned to the campus.

Similar to the FeesMustFall student-led protest in South Africa, the students in India mobilised after the university’s accommodation fees were hiked from Rs 5 500 (R1 124) to Rs 12 000 (R2 452).