NEW DELHI 6 Jan (ANA) - Many students and teachers have been injured after they were allegedly attacked by members of right-wing students' group in New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) on Sunday.

 

Witnesses said violence followed a public meeting organised by the JNU Teachers Association in connection with a rise in hostel charges for the students announced some weeks ago.

 

But ABVP, which is linked to the ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), alleged that its members were attacked by left-wing student groups.

 

Videos on social media appeared to show a group of several masked attackers roaming the campus wielding batons as students screamed. 

 

News channels also showed groups of masked people said to be from outside the campus - which student bodies blamed on each other's factions - brandishing rods and sticks, singling out students and teachers and vandalising property.

 

"When the violent mob began beating up students and teachers, we went closer to the aid of those injured and to also know what was happening, but they attacked us as well. We had to literally run for our lives," one student, who wished to remain anonymous, told Al Jazeera.(ANA)

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