A 7 member team of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) visited Jamia Millia Islamia University on Friday to inspect the library where the police allegedly used force against the students.
Earlier, the Chief Proctor of Jamia Millia Islamia, Waseem Khan said that they never allowed policemen to enter the University campus and requested Ministry of Human Resource Development for an inquiry over the same.
In a conversation with The Indian Wire, Chief Proctor of Jamia, Waseem Khan said, “We haven’t given any permission to the policemen. Neither written nor orally. The policemen entered the campus without permission. We have also written to the Ministry of Human Resource Development, requesting them to conduct a judicial inquiry into the incident.”
The national capital turned into a war zone after students of Jamia Millia Islamia in south Delhi carried out a protest march against the citizenship law and ended in violence on December 15. At least three buses and over a hundred two-wheelers were set ablaze, batons and teargas were used and the police were seen chasing protesters through the streets.
The policemen, allegedly entered the college library and fired teargas to disperse the crowd of students.