Hundreds of students held a demonstration at Jamia Millia Islamia on Thursday to mark the third anniversary of the Delhi Police's action against protesting students in 2019.
However, the university administration said the students took out a candlelight vigil to mark the anniversary of the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act protests.
Students have claimed there was a heavy police deployment in view of the demonstration.
"It is not a protest but a candlelight vigil by Jamia students to commemorate the anniversary of the anti-CAA protests and the police action on students. The university gatekeepers had to ensure no outsider enters and there is no untoward incident," a university official said.
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The police on December 15, 2019, had allegedly stormed the library while looking for "outsiders" who were involved in arson and violence during an anti-CAA protest outside the campus.
