Tear gas
15 Dec 2019
- In power
- BJP — Delhi Police
- Acted
- Police, Delhi
Students and library staff said police fired tear gas inside the Jamia library reading rooms, and that students broke windows to escape the smoke; reporters found the remains of tear gas shells there the next day. Al Jazeera reported that tear gas was fired into some classrooms. A senior officer, Chinmoy Biswal, said: "If it had been a peaceful mob, it would have been dispersed peacefully." [2][3][1]
- more than 100 people with injuries brought to al-Shifa and Holy Family hospitals, said hospital officials (quoted by Al Jazeera) [1]
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The same action under other governments
For each party in power, its most recent tear gas in another entry. Chosen by this rule, not by hand.
- 2026Cockroach Janta Party protests over exam paper leaksIn power: BJP — Delhi Police
- 2022Protests against the Agnipath military recruitment scheme, June 2022In power: JD(U) — Bihar
- 2017Jallikattu protests in Tamil Nadu, January 2017In power: AIADMK — Tamil Nadu
- 2012December 2012 Delhi gang-rape protestsIn power: INC — Delhi Police
- 2006Kalinganagar police firingIn power: BJD — Odisha
Sources
- 1India police storm Jamia, AMU to break citizenship law protestsAl Jazeera, 16 Dec 2019T5 SecondaryArchived 10 Oct 2020
- 2'Undeclared emergency' in Jamia Millia: Students beaten up, teargassed by Delhi policeNewslaundry, Ismat Ara, 15 Dec 2019T4 ReportArchived 30 Dec 2019
- 3Scenes from two Jamia libraries: '11 students hid in toilets, 4 girls'The Indian Express, Aranya Shankar, 17 Dec 2019T4 ReportArchived 17 Dec 2019