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Similar to the previous day, I was again standing at the gate th on 29 August 2023, providing assistance to new students in the admission process. Things were proceeding fine, however, I observed that some students affiliated to the ABVP were allowed to enter the Convention Centre. I objected to this since none of the other students from various other student organisations were being allowed entry inside the Convention centre by the security personnel.
Instead of ensuring a uniform rule for all, the security personnel started arguing and shouting at me. Several members of the ABVP started demanding that the guards push me away from where I was standing so that they could monopolise the space. Subsequently, a security guard inappropriately touched me and manhandled me repeatedly. I continued to loudly express my discomfort regarding this.
While the security guards were manhandling me, ABVP students including Ashutosh and Kanhaiya recorded me without my consent and verbally harassed me. Despite raising objections against the recording and the harassment by both ABVP members and the security personnel, senior security guards took no notice of this. I would urge you to advise the Enquiry Committee to release the entire footage of the CCTV camera placed at the back entrance to the Convention Centre where the incident took place.
Similarly, on 6th September 2023, while I was at the Convention Centre, the same 10-15 male students affiliated to ABVP surrounded me, threatened me and verbally assaulted me with vulgar comments and slut shamed me. This took place in the presence of members of different organisations and neutral students, who were assisting newly admitted students on that day. This abuse by my fellow JNU students impacted me severely and caused severe distress, and I shared this account in a statement to the JNU student community, which I released on the same day (6 September) [Annexure A]. ABVP members also then circulated messages on whatsapp calling me "rakshasi", "pisachini" and "tadaka". The next day, the JNUSU and student organisations such as BAPSA, SFI and DSF also issued public statements condemning such harassment of women students [Annexure B (1,2,3)] Several other students who witnessed the incident also shared their sympathy with me and other women students. These witnesses need to be examined in the course of any free and fair enquiry into the chain of events.