After members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) on Monday barged into the office of the dean of students (DoS), Umesh Ashok Kadam, during a protest, the JNU administration has accused the agitating students of 'manhandling' and 'verbally abusing' the dean.
The administration on Tuesday condemned the behaviour of the JNUSU-led agitators against the dean and termed it as 'unacceptable'.
The security unit of JNU has also filed a police complaint in this regard.
In a JNU statement, it was mentioned that student representatives were called inside the chamber for a thorough discussion of their demands; the discussion went on till 2:30pm, when more than 15 agitating students barged into the DoS office and became very violent.
"They continuously started shouting slogans, latched the door and blocked (it) with a sofa and when the DoS tried to go out of the office for lunch, they pushed and hurled abusive language and manhandled him. Fortunately, the security guards managed to bring the DoS out of his office without further physical harm to him and took him to the JNU health centre for a medical check-up," a JNU statement read.
The Chief Proctor's office will further investigate this incident and take appropriate action as per the university rules, officials said.