The Delhi police on Friday ordered a lathi charge and fired water canons on thousands of Jawaharlal Nehru University students and teachers near INA market. They were marching towards Parliament to protest the removal of several department heads and a coordinator for not complying with the university’s new attendance rules.

Several videos and images of the police action have been posted on Twitter. Twenty students were arrested. Some of them were taken to Haus Khas police station and others to the Defence Colony Delhi Police Licensing Unit station, which deals with the licensing of arms and arms offences. After CPI(M) Politbureau member Suhasini Ali and Congress leader Ashok Tanwar arrived at the police station, the students have reportedly been released.