JMI library reopens three months after Delhi Police action on students

NEW DELHI: Three months after the horrific crackdown at Jamia Millia Islamia University, a renovated reading hall at Dr Zakir Hussain Library, has been re-opened for students on Wednesday.

The Jamia Coordination Committee, a group of JMI students and alumni, tweeted images of the refurbished reading hall, looking as good as new. All services at the library have also resumed.

On December 15, 2019, the reading hall of the library was destroyed following a crackdown by the Delhi Police. Students of JMI had organised a protest against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019.

The protest took a violent turn when it was allegedly joined by outsiders who used arson. To quell the protest, Delhi Police entered the library and lathi-charged students sitting inside.

Notice at the library (Source: Jamia Coordination Committee)

Second-year LLB student, Minhajuddin, who was present inside the library on the fateful day was brutally beaten up and lost vision in one eye. Another student, Mohammad Mustafa, also suffered grievous injuries on both his hands.

Protests spread

The same evening, students of Aligarh Muslim University also staged an anti- CAA protest condemning the police brutality. The students at AMU faced police batons and tear gas shells as well. The incidents at Delhi sparked protests in over 40 educational institutions across India

Early in February, several videos of the JMI library went viral which showed the police visibly beating students reading inside the Dr Zakir Hussain Library.

Dr Zakir Hussain Library, Reading Hall has finally been renovated and opened for the students, almost 3 months after the horrors of 15.12.19
Educate. Organise. Agitate. Resist.#JamiaMilliaIslamia #jamiaprotest pic.twitter.com/VCUmvomsQf

— Jamia Coordination Committee (@Jamia_JCC) March 11, 2020

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