Late on Friday night, students say that they were being stopped by the police around the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus area, as they attempted to head to the protest site.
JNU campus gates were barricaded late at night, against which students then proceeded to protest.
NSUI Jamia Millia Islamia Secretary Ebin Basil said, “Four of our female friends who were stepping out in an Uber were detained by the police around 11.30 near Jamia, following which we went to the police station to ask why women are being detained at night. The police recognised me and another NSUI member by name and said that we were already on the list of preventative detentions. Because there were women students with us, who asked for our release, we were released at around 3 a.m.”
– Ashna Butani
