Muslim Student Leaders Say Police Detained, Abused Them With Communal Slurs During DU Elections
Malvika Choudhary | 30 September 2024 | The Wire
As the Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) elections were underway on September 27, two student leaders, Shahreyar Khan and Annan, were detained by the police at Maurice Nagar Police Station around 7:30 pm following a reported altercation 200 meters away from the polling booth near Mother Dairy, a local spot in the University of Delhi North Campus.
Khan, a former state president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) student wing (2018-19), and Annan, a member of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI), were meeting fellow students after polling had concluded when police allegedly initiated a lathi charge without prior warning…