Police had inspected the ambulance at a checkpoint near the JNU main gate and allowed it to enter the campus

Goons, some wearing masks or helmets, blocked and attacked an ambulance that had entered JNU on Sunday night and prevented doctors from helping the victims of the campus violence.

The ambulance, carrying two doctors and two volunteers, had just driven into the campus around 9pm when it was surrounded by dozens of people armed with rods and sticks. They prevented the ambulance from moving further inside, a doctor associated with the effort said.

“They pushed and manhandled the doctors and told them there was no need to provide medical assistance to anyone on the campus,” said Harjit Singh Bhatti, a physician and national convener of the Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum, a non-government organisation.