BBC documentary row: Delhi University forms panel to probe Jan 27 ruckus outside Arts Faculty

Cops detain students for planning to screen the documentary. Pic/PTI

The Delhi University on Saturday formed a seven-member committee to investigate the ruckus outside the Arts Faculty building over the screening of a BBC documentary on 2002 Gujarat riots. The committee, headed by DU Proctor Rajini Abbi, has been asked to submit its report to Vice Chancellor Yogesh Singh by 5 pm on January 30. In a notification, the university said the vice-chancellor has constituted the committee to enforce discipline and maintain law and order on the campus.

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A commotion erupted at the Delhi University on Friday as students attempted to screen the controversial BBC documentary, even as police and the university administration intervened to scuttle the move. Twenty-four students affiliated with the National Students’ Union of India were detained from the DU’s Arts Faculty and a heavy police deployment was maintained in the North Campus.

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