After protests scuffle FIR JNU says library to remain shut

Delhi | Tuesday | 22nd June, 2021

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Talking about the opening of the library, the university had said, "After due deliberations, keeping in line with government orders and the academic interests of the student community, the university administration has decided to take appropriate steps to open the Dr BR Ambedkar Central Library soon." However, now the university administration has said, "Due to the prevailing situation of COVID-19 and curfew announced by the Delhi government, the Dr BR Ambedkar Central Library will remain closed till further orders," the university said on Sunday. The protests for reopening the library had escalated earlier this month when a few students allegedly broke into the premises and occupied it. But the university administration had already filed a police complaint against the students for allegedly "vandalising" the library. The university administration had alleged that a few students broke into the library and scuffled with security guards, following which they "occupied" the Dr BR Ambedkar Central library..