On Sunday evening, 50 students who had been masked in the JNU campus entered the hotel and attacked the students and teachers, in which several students and teachers of JNU were seriously injured. The injured students also include the President of JNU Students Union who has received the head injury. The JNU Students' Union accused the RSS and BJP's student organization ABVP of attacking students and teachers with sticks and rods. The ABVP, however, denied the charge.

Protests are taking place across India against JNU violence. A candle march took place in Chennai against JNU violence. Youth Congress took out a torch procession at Delhi's India Gate to protest against the violence in JNU. Many activists joined the procession with a mask on their faces.

In Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand, on Monday, youth and students demonstrated against the violence in JNU. The protesters gathered at Albert Ekka Chowk in Ranchi and expressed support for JNU students. The students held placards and banners in their hands. The protest was opposed by the members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. There was also a slight clash between the two sides over this.

India's Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said that when he studied in JNU, he had not seen any 'piecemeal' gangs there.

While clarifying the questions being raised in the JNU violence case itself, Delhi Police said on Monday that the crime branch will investigate the JNU violence case.

Delhi Police spokesperson MS Randhawa told a press conference, "Crime Branch has formed separate teams to investigate the matter. Police officials today inspected the occasion. Police have received many important information."

He told that the Delhi Police has formed a committee under joint CP Shalini Singh to gather facts. He said that the police is collecting CCTV footage.

While clarifying the questions arising on the police action, the Delhi Police spokesman said that the police acted in a professional manner. He also informed that all 34 people injured in the attack have been discharged from the hospital.

Film actor Anil Kapoor has condemned the violence on the JNU campus, saying that whatever happened was very disturbing. According to Anil Kapoor, he kept thinking about it all night and could not sleep.

Protests against violence at Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus took place at the Gateway of India in Mumbai on Monday.

Many protesters held banners and placards in their hands. Slogans were written against them for violence and for saving the Constitution and universities. Many protesters were also questioning the functioning of Delhi Police.

Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) president Aishi Ghosh has accused the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) for the violence on Sunday at the university campus.

Aashi also suffered injuries. Aishi said, "Yesterday's attack was an organized attack by goons of RSS and ABVP. Violence was being promoted on campus by some RSS-linked professors and ABVP for the last 4-5 days."

India's Union Human Resource Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal has said that action will be taken against the culprits in the JNU case. Pokhriyal said that universities will not be allowed to become the 'base' of politics.

Students and social activists are also demonstrating in the Karnataka capital Bengaluru to protest against the attack in JNU.

Malige Sirimane, one of the protesters, said, "JNU has been an inspiration for many conflicts across the country. It is not just because it is an ideal university. It is also because there is a sense of struggle here. Students here have given many Atrocities have been endured. In the past some student union presidents have been killed. ''

The Janata Dal (United), which is part of the Modi government, has issued a statement condemning the attack on the JNU campus and demanded an 'independent and impartial' inquiry by the Supreme Court judge in the matter.

JDU has also expressed solidarity with JNU students. A statement issued by JCU general secretary and spokesperson KC Tyagi said, "The Janata Dal (U) strongly condemns the violent activities on behalf of the goons on the JNU campus."

The statement further said, "JNU has been identified with debate, negotiation and ideological differences and not such incidents. It is a cowardly act of those who suffered ideological defeat in the debate."

The statement condemned the JNU Vice Chancellor and other officials for being a 'silent spectator' and demanded their removal. The JDU has also questioned the role of the police.

Students of Jawaharlal Nehru University gathered in front of the university's North Gate to protest against JNU violence.

The JNU Teachers Association has demanded the removal of the vice-chancellor over the attack on students and teachers on the university campus.

The association held a press conference on Monday and said, "The vice chancellor has made fun of education and learning."

On Monday, university teachers also came out in protest against the violence at Jawaharlal Nehru University Campus. Teachers held placards in their hands. These included raising fees and opposing violence.

The Congress has raised the demand to arrest the culprits of the attack in JNU within 24 hours.

Congress leader P Chindabaram said, "This incident is perhaps the strongest evidence that we are rapidly turning into a chaotic state. The attack took place at the best university in India in the national capital, under the supervision of the central government, the home minister, the LG and the police commissioner.''

Chidambaram said, "We demand that the perpetrators of the violence be identified and arrested within 24 hours and brought under the purview of the law. We also demand that the accountability of the officers be fixed and immediate action taken Be done.''

Amnesty International has questioned the functioning of Delhi Police, describing the attack on students in JNU as 'shocking'.

Avinash Kumar, executive director of Amnesty International's India unit, issued a statement saying, "The violence on students on the JNU campus is shocking. For Delhi Police, it is worse to tolerate such a violent attack. This expression Shows shameful indifference to the right to freedom and peacefully assemble.''

Senior journalist Emraan Qureshi from Bengaluru said that a retired professor and an alumnus of JNU also attended the protest against the Civil Amendment Act in the Town Hall there.

Prof. T. Venkatesh Murthy, 71, expressed grief over the violence, saying, "In our time, the girls could walk around campus till late in the night. That incident never happened last night when the students were brutally beaten up in the hostels."

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