New Delhi, Oct. 18 -- Even as reports emerged of three of Jamia Millia Islamia's students being rusticated, it is learnt that the protesters were also forcibly removed from the campus early Saturday, October 17, an action the varsity said was taken in 'self-defence'.

The university's action led to another sit-in outside the campus amid heavy police deployment, reported The Times of India.

The administration had already served notices to protesters for allegedly inciting others to assemble at Ghalib Lawn, the protest site, "for congregational Friday prayers instead of offering namaz at nearby mosques". It said that such a gathering would affect "campus discipline, peace and communal harmony".

University's response

In response to the pr...