New Delhi, Oct. 2 -- A brawl broke out between two groups of students on the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) campus on Thursday, Dussehra, during the 'Visarjan Shobha Yatra'.

JNUSU President Nitish Kumar said that earlier in the day a poster about Ravan Dahan - depicting jailed students Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, who are currently under trial - as Ravan, had been circulated. Students from other groups had been protesting against the same, at the Sabarmati T-Point of the varsity, when ABVP's Durga Visarjan procession erupted into chaos.

The ABVP said Left groups, including the AISA, SFI and DSF, "violently attacked" the immersion procession near the Sabarmati T-Point around 7 pm, claiming that several male and female students were ...