The protest and sloganeering were held inside the campus...
Delhi: Students in Jamia Millia Islamia on Monday during the pran pratishtha or consecration ceremony of Ram Lalla in Ram Janmabhoomi Temple, sloganeering for ‘Babri Masjid’ on the university campus surfaced online amid the. The development prompted Delhi Police to deploy its personnel outside the campus to tighten vigilance.
The Delhi Police said the force has been deployed outside the university as a precautionary measure after videos showcasing students allegedly raising slogans such as “Strike for Babri” went viral on social media.
The deployment of police personnel outside (the university) is a precautionary measure," news agency PTI quoted a police official as saying, adding that it was done in view of the Ram temple consecration ceremony and upcoming Republic Day.
According to officials, the protest and sloganeering were held inside the campus. The police, however, said no one was detained.
Meanwhile, the Jamia Millia Islamia administration said academic activity was not disrupted because of the “protest”. The situation is under control, it said.
“It was just two to three students who engaged in sloganeering. Classes and examination continued without any disruption,” an official of the university told.
The Ram temple was built at the site where the 16th Century Babri Masjid once stood, before being demolished by a mob of ‘karsevaks’ on December 6, 1992.
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