India, Oct. 20 -- The Delhi Police on Sunday registered a case and bound down six students, a day after a clash took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru University's West gate between the police personnel and a group of students comprising members from the students' union and the Left-affiliated group.

While no arrests were made, the bound down students include JNUSU president Nitish Kumar, 26; vice-president Manisha, 28; general secretary Munteha Fatima, 28; Manikant Patel, 27; Briti Kar, 27; and Saurya Majumdar, 28. The six were among the 28 students who were taken to Kapashera police station from the protest site on Saturday.

Notably, when a person is bound down, they are not legally arrested, but restricted to appear before the police whe...