India, Feb. 27 -- Several members of the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) were detained after they tried to take out a protest rally towards the Ministry of Education on Thursday afternoon. According to sources, JNUSU president Aditi Mishra, former JNUSU president Nitish Kumar and several other protesters have been detained. However, there was no immediate confirmation from the Delhi Police on the detentions.

The protesting students assembled at Sabarmati T Point on the campus on Thursday afternoon and began moving in groups carrying placards and banners. As they tried to take the rally outside the campus, they were stopped by the heavy security deployment at the strongly barricaded university gate.

The organisers sai...