Attacked on campus, JNU student leader Aishee Ghosh booked for vandalism

A fringe right-wing group, the Hindu Raksha Dal, has purportedly taken the responsibility for the Sunday attack in a video posted on social media

Activists and Opposition leaders on Tuesday slammed the Delhi Police for booking Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) Students’ Union President Aishee Ghosh for vandalism, as several student organisations announced their support to Wednesday’s daylong strike by central trade unions.

Leaders and activists also questioned the police’s failure to identify and arrest any of the masked goons that attacked students and teachers inside the university campus on Sunday night.

The Delhi Police issued a public appeal seeking pictures, footage or any information related to Sunday’s violence inside the JNU campus that left 34 people injured even as forensic teams looked for evidence.

Ghosh had suffered