Ten people have been arrested in connection with the violent protests that broke out Sunday near Jamia Millia Islamia, a top Delhi public varsity. None of them were students.
Jamia students have maintained that they had no hand in the events. Chaotic scenes unfolded near the Jamia campus on Sunday as protests torched buses and police vehicles.
The police then entered the varsity premises. Testimonies from those present on campus at the time suggest the police targeted individuals indiscriminately, lobbing tear gas shells in a library and even attacking a cleric and a former Army man who works as a guard.
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The police said they entered Jamia Millia Islamia's campus only to control the situation. They said some of their personnel had been injured in attacks by protesters.
Nationwide protests against the police crackdown - some peaceful, some violent - erupted on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi called these demonstrations "deeply distressing" and appealed for peace.