JNU students confine V-C, senior officials in campus

New Delhi: Demanding a conclusive response on the whereabouts of a missing student Najeeb Ahmed, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) students on Wednesday staged protests outside the Administrative Block forcing the top brass of the university to stay put in their offices.
Apart from Vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar, Rectors one and two and Registrar of the university were said to be confined inside the building. All student political parties, except Akhil Bhartiya Vidya Parishad (ABVP), took part in the blockade and vented out their anger at the university officials.
The besieged Vice-Chancellor appealed to the protesting students to let them out of the building and discuss the matter.
“We appeal to the students who have physically confined us to stop this and come for discussion. Let us discuss and resolve,” Kumar tweeted from inside the building while students remained gathered outside.
“Since the students did not let us go home in spite our appeal, we have no other option but be confined to the admin building,” Kumar also tweeted.
However, students have denied keeping anyone hostage and said that they were just protesting outside the building and anyone is allowed to come and go. The JNU Students’ Union President Mohit Pandey denounced all claims of keeping officials as hostages and said, “We are only lying outside the building, if anyone wants he can go out over our bodies.” (IANS)