ABVP accuses Left groups of instigating violence after late-night clash at JNU

Tensions flared on the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University after a protest turned violent around 1.30 am on Monday, with both the Left-led students' union and the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad accusing each other of violence and stone-pelting

Addressing a press conference, ABVP state secretary Vikas Patel claimed that the protest turned violent after Left-backed groups attacked students studying in the reading rooms.

"Many students were locked up in bathrooms. Left-backed students demanded the closure of all the reading rooms," Patel alleged, claiming that masked people carrying sticks and stones spread violence on the campus.