{"id":56194,"date":"2020-02-04T11:40:01","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T06:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/?p=56194"},"modified":"2020-02-04T11:40:22","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T06:10:22","slug":"abvp-claims-jnu-student-kamlesh-mandriya-was-attacked-by-left-mandriya-refutes-and-blames-abvp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.altnews.in\/english-clone-2026\/abvp-claims-jnu-student-kamlesh-mandriya-was-attacked-by-left-mandriya-refutes-and-blames-abvp\/","title":{"rendered":"ABVP claims JNU student Kamlesh Mandriya was attacked by Left, Mandriya refutes and blames ABVP"},"content":{"rendered":"

The January 5 attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) left 36 people injured<\/a>, among them was Kamlesh Mandriya, a first-year MPhil student at the Centre of Social Medicine and Community Health, JNU. Photographs of Mandriya with head injuries went viral on social media with the claim that the Left attacked him.<\/p>\n

On January 16, Delhi resident Pranav Sawhney posted pictures<\/a> of billboards that displayed images of injured students. The hashtag #LeftAttackstudents adorned the billboard. Swahney’s Instagram post said that the images were clicked by an Instagram user @hameenasto<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span>. “Tax-funded propaganda at North Campus, University of Delhi. <\/span><\/em>If you are wondering where your tax money is going.<\/span> <\/em>This government is engaged in declaring students of your country as terrorists. Images by and @hameenasto,”<\/span><\/em> read the caption<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"\"One of the billboards shows two photos of Mandriya (highlighted in yellow). Alt News reached out @hameenasto<\/span><\/em> aka <\/span><\/span><\/span>Adamaya Tomar who shot the images. According to Tomar, who is a student at Delhi School of Journalism, the billboard was installed near Delhi School of Economics. “Along with such billboards, several small posters were put in and around North Campus. According to what I have heard and observed, these posters were installed on January 15. By January 18, all of them were taken down,”<\/em> said Tomar on a telephonic conversation with Alt News.<\/p>\n

\"\"However, before Mandriya’s images turned-up on a billboard near North Campus, several Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) accounts had circulated the same photographs on Twitter. Since January 5, ABVP handles were posting the images with the same #LeftAttacksJNU hashtag.<\/p>\n

ABVP blames Left for attacking JNU student Kamlesh Mandriya<\/h2>\n

ABVP Karnataka tweeted<\/a> four images, including Mandriya’s, and blamed student bodies aligned with the Left for the attack. “It has been proven once again that violence only describes the left. JNU cannot be the ground for the left goons to go to destruction. This is not an ideological war now. Enough is enough! ABVP answers in the language they understand #LeffAttacksJNU #SOSJNU [Translated by Google from \u0cb9\u0cbf\u0c82\u0cb8\u0cbe\u0c9a\u0cbe\u0cb0 \u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0cb0 \u0c8e\u0ca1\u0caa\u0c82\u0ca5\u0cc0\u0caf\u0cb0\u0ca8\u0ccd\u0ca8\u0cc1 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cc1\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0ca6\u0cc6 \u0c8e\u0c82\u0ca6\u0cc1 \u0cae\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cca\u0cae\u0ccd\u0cae\u0cc6 \u0cb8\u0cbe\u0cac\u0cc0\u0ca4\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cbf\u0ca6\u0cc6. \u0c8e\u0ca1 \u0c97\u0cc2\u0c82\u0ca1\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cb3\u0cc1 \u0cb5\u0cbf\u0ca8\u0cbe\u0cb6\u0c95\u0ccd\u0c95\u0cc6 \u0cb9\u0ccb\u0c97\u0cb2\u0cc1 \u0c9c\u0cc6\u0c8e\u0ca8\u0ccd\u200c\u0caf\u0cc1 \u0ca8\u0cc6\u0cb2\u0cb5\u0cbe\u0c97\u0cbf\u0cb0\u0cb2\u0cc1 \u0cb8\u0cbe\u0ca7\u0ccd\u0caf\u0cb5\u0cbf\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2. \u0c87\u0ca6\u0cc1 \u0c88\u0c97 \u0cb8\u0cc8\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0ca7\u0cbe\u0c82\u0ca4\u0cbf\u0c95 \u0caf\u0cc1\u0ca6\u0ccd\u0ca7\u0cb5\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2. \u0cb8\u0cbe\u0c95\u0cc1 \u0cb8\u0cbe\u0c95\u0cc1! \u0c8e\u0cac\u0cbf\u0cb5\u0cbf\u0caa\u0cbf \u0c85\u0cb5\u0cb0\u0cc1 \u0c85\u0cb0\u0ccd\u0ca5\u0cae\u0cbe\u0ca1\u0cbf\u0c95\u0cca\u0cb3\u0ccd\u0cb3\u0cc1\u0cb5 \u0cad\u0cbe\u0cb7\u0cc6\u0caf\u0cb2\u0ccd\u0cb2\u0cbf \u0c89\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cb0\u0cbf\u0cb8\u0cc1\u0ca4\u0ccd\u0ca4\u0cbe\u0cb0\u0cc6.],” <\/em>said the tweet.<\/p>\n

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\u2014 ABVP Karnataka (@ABVPKarnataka) January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

ABVP Delhi also tweeted Mandriya’s photograph and wrote,\u00a0“Left’s true face is carrying out negative activities in the society and spreading negative thoughts.”\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u2014 ABVP Delhi (@ABVPDelhi) January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Similar allegations were raised by ABVP’s Kerala<\/a> and Uttarakhand<\/a> wings. Each of the above tweets was made between 9 to 10 pm on January 5. Twitter handle Friends of RSS<\/em> also tweeted<\/a> Mandriya’s photo that same day and blamed the attack on the Left.<\/p>\n

Mandriya refutes ABVP’s claim, blames ABVP for the attack<\/h2>\n

Mandriya posted<\/a> four images of his injuries on Twitter after his hospital discharge. Speaking with Alt News, he said that the images were clicked by a friend at AIIMS.<\/p>\n

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\u092d\u093e\u091c\u092a\u093e \u0915\u0947 \u0917\u0941\u0902\u0921\u094b\u0902 \u0928\u0947 JNU \u092e\u0947\u0902 \u0918\u0941\u0938\u0915\u0930 \u091b\u093e\u0924\u094d\u0930\u094b\u0902 \u090f\u0935\u0902 \u0936\u093f\u0915\u094d\u0937\u0915\u094b\u0902 \u092a\u0930 \u0915\u093f\u092f\u093e \u091c\u093e\u0928\u0932\u0947\u0935\u093e \u0939\u092e\u0932\u093e.@CMMadhyaPradesh<\/a> kindly help me..
\nSave JNU@ChhattisgarhCMO<\/a> @RahulGandhi<\/a> @priyankagandhi<\/a> @SanjayAzadSln<\/a> @_YogendraYadav<\/a> @kanhaiyakumar<\/a> @Shehla_Rashid<\/a> @UmarKhalidJNU<\/a> @TheDeshBhakt<\/a> #JNUSOS<\/a> #JNUAttack<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Y1BxSzkpiI<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Kamlesh Mandriya (@mandriyakamlesh) January 5, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I would like to make it clear I wasn’t attacked by Left goons but ABVP members,”<\/em> he said, adding, “I am not a part of any political group at JNU. However, I was a part of a solidarity march along with JNU Teachers’ Association (JNUTA) <\/span>against the violence which took place on January 4.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Registrations for the winter session at JNU began on January 1<\/a> amidst protests against the hike in hostel fees. Multiple media platforms reported<\/a> violence inside the campus on January 4 after JNU students’ union (JNUSU) allegedly disrupted the registration process.
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Alt News reached out to a current student at JNU (identity concealed at request) who confirmed that there were talks about a solidarity march on January 5 and messages regarding the same were forwarded to students.<\/p>\n

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Mandriya claimed that he was attacked with metal rods by a group of around 10 ABVP members near Periyar Hostel. “I could only identify Jayant Kumar and Vijendra Thakur before losing consciousness,”<\/em> he said. Mandriya submitted an official statement to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on January 13. Alt News accessed a copy of the complaint where the alleged attackers’ names have been mentioned. Mandriya shared the pictures of his alleged assaulters. However, Alt News is not uploading them for the sake of privacy.<\/p>\n

On January 18, Newslaundry<\/em> published an article<\/a> which also named ‘Vijendra Thakur’ as a student allegedly involved in the JNU violence.<\/p>\n

Mandriya’s interview with the press<\/h2>\n

Using relevant keywords on Twitter, Alt News found a tweet<\/a> by Zeba Warsi, special correspondent at CNN News 18,<\/em> where she uploaded a video interview with Mandriya. The JNU student told Warsi that he is not associated with any political party and showed photographs of his injuries. These were the same images viral on social media. Mandriya also denied that students affiliated with Left parties attacked him. However, the video ended abruptly.<\/span><\/p>\n

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WATCH- Kamlesh Mandriya, JNU student- his picture was being shared by ABVP as being an ABVP activist who was attacked by LEFT.<\/p>\n

He tells us he doesn\u2019t belong to any org and alleges he was attacked by ABVP on Sun<\/p>\n

He has sustained 10 stitches on his head. #JNUAttack<\/a> #JNUViolence<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/v6CUasaFHp<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zeba Warsi (@Zebaism) January 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Alt News reached out to Warsi who clarified, “Due to poor network at JNU, I could only upload a part of the video. This interview was a part of News 18<\/span>‘s 3 pm bulletin<\/a> on January 8.” <\/em>Warsi shared another video (attached below) which shows the portion not included in her tweet.<\/p>\n