Haven’t forgotten attack by ‘masked’ mob 6 years ago: JNUTA

On the sixth anniversary of the January 5 attack on students and faculty by a masked mob, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) said it has not forgotten the “brutal assault” or the perpetrators behind it. It expressed solidarity with those who were injured.

In a statement issued on Monday, the JNUTA said, “The identities of all those who participated in that mob attack armed with rods and stones, and those who encouraged and backed it, remain ‘masked’ to this day. More than the incompetence of the JNU administration and the Delhi Police, this is a testimony to their complicity in the unleashing of that orgy of violence.”

Surajit Majumdar, president of the JNUTA, said the struggle against the destruction of the University continues to six years later.

Referring to the Supreme Court’s denial of bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, the JNUTA added, “That today is also the day on which two of those who have been our students, were once again denied bail after more than five years of incarceration without trial, only adds to the poignancy of the moment.”

Meanwhile, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union called for a ‘guerilla dhaba’ on Monday night to mark the sixth year of the attacks and against the denial of bail to Mr. Khalid and Mr. Imam. “We remember the assault on the students of JNU and the consistent assault on the justice that people of India seek and expect from the judiciary,” it said.