Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 13: The campus of Jammu University (JU) today witnessed a clash as group of irritated students resorted to heavy stone pelting on police personnel.
To control the situation police opened lathicharge on the students. The clash between the two sides continued for nearly two hours wherein 18 people including Nehru Market Police Post Incharge and five other cops received injuries.
Two students of Law Department Talib Hussain and Murtaza were taken to Government Medical College. Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellor has ordered inquiry into the whole incident.
A five member committee has been constituted and its has been asked to submit the report within 15 days. The committee will be headed by Dean Education Prof Lokesh Verma.
The other members included Director of the The Law School Prof Kulwant Singh, Director of the Physical Education Directorate, Prof D S Bhau, Prof Varsha Mehta of The Business School and Assistant Registrar Academic Affairs.
As per eye witnesses, the trouble erupted in the office block of Controller Examination where a group of students from Law Department had gone to inquire some matter. The concerned clerk asked them to come in queue from window side as the office was crowded with students who had come there to submit examination forms. The students objected to behaviour of clerk and indulged in verbal duel.
Soon after they exchanged blows with each other. The security personnel deployed there when tried to intervene were also subjected to thrashing.
The non-teaching employees strongly objected to the behaviour of students and left their work in protest. The students also assembled outside the office and started protest.
As soon as the other security personnel reached the spot, the clash started. Police guard used force to clear the rush on which the scuffle broke out.
Very soon the irritated students started to stone pelting and damaged the University property. Thereafter, additional police force was called in the campus. University main gate was kept closed for some time. Police chased the stone pelting students and arrested nearly dozen of them. Later all of them were released. The situation came under control at around 5 p.m.
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