Students protesting in Aligarh Muslim University demands justice

Aligarh, May 9: The students protesting at the Baab-e-Syed gate of the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on Wednesday said that they were hopeful that the local administration would meet their demands.

The statement came after a delegation of the AMU Students Union (AMUSU) met senior officials on Wednesday including Additional Director General of Police Ajay Anand, the Inspector General of Police, the District Magistrate, the Senior Superintendent of Police and other officials.

"They have assured us that they would act on our demands and the results would be seen in two-three days," said AMUSU President Mashkoor Usmani.

"ADG, Ajay Anand, also admitted that lathicharge on students was wrong and should have been avoided," he added.

Usmani said that the ADG's assurance has rekindled hopes that something would be done.

The protesting students have primarily three demands. One, that the police arrest at least some of the miscreants who forcibly entered the university campus on May 2 and created ruckus, and secondly quashing of FIR lodged against unknown students of the AMU.