DU Says Outsiders Tried to Screen BBC Documentary on Campus, Cops Called to Maintain Law and Order

Police was called to maintain law and order on the Delhi University campus after several students were detained, registrar Vikas Gupta said, as “outsiders” tried to screen a controversial BBC documentary at the Faculty of Arts on Friday Was.

This comes days after similar uproar at Jawaharlal Nehru University and Jamia Millia Islamia over the screening of a documentary on the 2002 Gujarat riots.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said that 24 students from DU’s Arts Faculty were detained and the situation has returned to normal.

Police were seen dragging away students as they gathered outside the Faculty of Arts building to protest against not being allowed the screening of the documentary.

“We got to know that some students were trying to screen the documentary, so our proctor informed the police. There were many outsiders who tried to show the film.”

“The police had come to maintain law and order in the area,” Gupta said.

Kalsi said that police personnel are monitoring the situation at the spot.

“We were told by the university that there is a possibility of disruption on the campus. He wrote to us and urged us to handle the situation. So we entered the premises and the situation was brought under control.”

“Around 4 pm, around 20 people came outside the gates of the Faculty of Arts for the screening of the BBC documentary. Since this may disturb peace in the area, they were asked to leave. When he did not do so, he was peacefully taken into custody,” the DCP said.

Earlier in the day, university officials wrote to the Delhi Police about the proposed screening. Delhi University proctor Rajni Abbi said they would not allow the screening and stressed that the students’ organizations had not sought permission from the administration.

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