'Can't suppress our voices with rumours on social media'

By Diwakar Sharma Pallavi Smart Gaurav Sarkar Vishal SinghWithin hours of the violence breaking out at Delhis Jawaharlal Nehru University Mumbais youth as well as Bollywood rose to the occasion organising protests across the city on Sunday midnight and Monday to condemn it The cops however were not amused and while admitting the protests were peaceful said they would be booking the organisers of the Gateway of India protest as they had no permission The crowd had swelled from 200 to nearly 2000 at the venueAfter confusion across social media over whether it would take place the protest on Monday against the attack on students at JNU that began at Hutatma Chowk turned into a rally that joined the group protesting at the Gateway of India since Sunday midnight Once again Mumbais youngsters stand in solidarity against violence targeting their counterparts in Delhi and peacefully At Hutatma Chowk Demonstrators at Hutatma Chowk on Monday afternoon PICDUTTA KUMBHAR Bollywood celebrities centre to right bottom rowThere were attempts on social media to spread wrong messages that this rally was cancelled But people who turned up have shown how our voices cannot be suppressed said Raafid Shahab from the Students Islamic Organisation SIO Many students teachers and other citizens numbering around 500 reached Hutatma Chowk on Monday at 4 pm chanting Hum leke rahenge azaadi and Inquilab ZindabadPlacards were being made on the spot by participants with messages such as If government is being Thanos we will have to stand as avengers Ladega India Tabhi Badhega India Khaki ke andar ka bhagwa kachcha dekh raha hai India We demand Modi and Shah resign etcAt Carter Road Raj Kumar Gupta Vishal Bhardwaj Anurag Kashyap centre to right second row Rekha Bhardwaj Anubhav Sinha Dia Mirza right third row Taapsee Pannu and Zoya Akhtar at Carter Road on Monday evening PicAnurag Ahire Hold a strict inquirySanchita Das a PhD scholar from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences TISS who was present at Hutatma Chowk said What happened at the Jawaharlal Nehru University JNU shows how the sanctity of academic institutions has been violated I was shocked after looking at the videos where students were asking not to be beaten upPramod Mandade a PhD scholar at IITBombay said There should be a strict inquiry against those who caused that violence in an academic institution of such stature We have to continue the protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act CAA and National Register of Citizens NRC This government is against the intellectualsDemonstrators at the Gateway of India PicSuresh KarkeraDr Samir Dalwai a developmental paediatrician was also part of the rally He said What happened at JNU is unacceptable If we accept that then we will be normalising it and that cant happen at any cost Anil Karnik a professor from Mumbai University said I was shocked to see how the police gave a free hand to goons at JNU This is not democracyMore voice to the protestAfter almost half an hour of activity at the Hutatma Chowk participants rallied towards the Gateway of India with police protection Nadi Palshikar a writer and resident of Pune was in Mumbai on Monday for work She said My daughter is a student and lives away If an act like this can happen in such a reputed institution I fear for the safety of my childGautam Korde a social worker from Kandivli was present with his crutch supporting his right leg What happened yesterday in JNU has only given more voice to the protest against CAA and NRC said KordeUniversities abroad shockedThe shocking incident of violence at JNU on Sunday evening has led to a major support movement not only across the nation but internationally A statement of solidarity is being circulated online and is getting support signatures from teachers students scientists and others from the academic sector worldwide The statement issued by academicians and scientists across the world is constantly receiving multifold support signatures from places such as ndash the University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania Princeton University University of Virginia etcThe Coordination of Science and Technology Institutes Students Association COSTISA has also issued a statement condemning the act We as students collective of various IITs strongly condemn the barbaric police brutality of Delhi and UP Police unleashed on the unarmed and peaceful protesting students of Jamia Millia Islamia University and Aligarh Muslim University protesting against the anticonstitutional CAA15th December will be marked as a black day in the history of students struggle reads the statement that has been issued by COSTISA which comprises ndash the AmbedkarBhagat Singh Study Circle ndash IIT Kharagpur AmbedkarPeriyarPhule Study Circle ndash IIT Bombay AmbedkarPeriyar Study Circle ndash IIT Madras Concerned Students of IIT Delhi Forum for Critical Thinking ndash IIT Kanpur and Students for Change ndash IIT BHU The students union of TISS has also issued a statement demanding strict inquiry and action in the violence at the JNU It has also called upon all academic campuses across Mumbai to extend support by joining protestsCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates