Delhi: JNU student on hunger strike shifted to hospital

New Delhi: Suspended JNU student Dileep Yadav who has been on a hunger strike for three days was rushed to hospital by police on Tuesday even as students alleged that he has been abducted.

Yadav is among the nine students who were suspended by the university last month for allegedly disrupting an academic council meeting. He has been on hunger strike for three days demanding that the suspension of the students be revoked.

Students alleged that Kumar was "abducted" by police and JNU administration on Tuesday, a charge denied by both.

"A student who has been on a hunger strike for the last three days has been literally abducted from campus by the police and JNU admin,” said the JNU union.

It further added, “Repression is real. Where a fellow student, Najeeb disappears after being beaten up by ABVP activists, teachers are threatened; student activists punished and even democratic means of protest like hunger strikes are trampled upon."

According to a senior police official, "The student was not taken forcefully. Seeing his critical health conditions, he was shifted to hospital in the university's ambulance for emergency medical attention with local police assistance".