JNU violence video: Prasar Bharti junks claims by fact checkers
New Delhi, Jan 10: Public broadcaster, Prasar Bharti has junked the narrative set by fact checkers on the video relating to the JNU violence.
On January 6, Prasar Bharti had tweeted a video of violence breaking out at the JNU. After the video was tweeted, a fact checking website alleged that Prasar Bharti was wrongly blaming the Left students for the violence, while the ones associated with it were associated with the ABVP.
PBNS Exclusive - JNU Faculty members who were witness to the cycle of violence captured in the below video explain the sequence of events that also saw the manhandling of a faculty member. https://t.co/jbsVn6pnrd
— Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) January 8, 2020
Prasar
Bharti
said
that
a
narrative
was
falsely
attributed
to
it
and
there
was
no
mention
about
the
Left,
when
it
had
tweeted
the
video.
It
had
said
that
the
video
only
stated
that
the
violence
was
initiated
by
students
opposing
the
registration
process.
Following
this
Prasar
Bharti
released
a
video
recording
of
two
faculty
members
of
JNU
who
were
witness
to
the
violence.
"A faculty member's phone was snatched while capturing how we weren't allowed inside School of Languages. The Phone snatcher was subsequently confronted. We were then abused; our colleague was roughed up," say #JNU Faculty Members Dr Yogesh Kumar Rai & Dr Nagendra Srinivas pic.twitter.com/ARy9vwvlCL
— Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) January 8, 2020
The two faculty members, Dr Yogesh Kumar Rai and Dr Nagendra Srinivas say that they were frustrated that the campus has been shut for so many days. We have not been able to go to office, they also say. Further they said that when they were trying to enter the office, they were stopped and manhandled. Some of them made a human chain and stopped us and put up obstacles.
PBNS Editorial Comment - Media Houses that have amplified a report by so called 'Fact-Checker' @AltNews may take note of above. @HuffPostIndia @thewire_in @scroll_in @TheQuint @timesofindia
— Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) January 8, 2020
Both
the
members
that
one
person
snatched
the
mobile
phone
of
one
of
their
colleagues.
They
also
said
that
the
video
that
they
are
seeing
on
the
social
media
is
outside
the
school
of
languages.
Another
professor
said
that
he
was
present
there
with
the
other
teachers.
We
we're
trying
to
help
students
with
the
registration
so
that
they
could
focus
on
their
education.
We
had
other
meetings,
but
the
students
had
locked
it
down.
He
also
said
that
they
entered,
but
then
they
saw
that
one
of
his
colleagues
was
being
manhandled.
Video bears witness to #JNU VC @mamidala90's statement that those opposing registration for Winter session of #JNU are behind violence to scuttle the academic process of varsity. pic.twitter.com/JWr4n81GbW
— Prasar Bharati News Services (@PBNS_India) January 6, 2020
Prasar Bharti in a series of tweets quoted the JNU registrar and said that on January 3, a group of students opposing the registration process entered the communication and information services premises covering their faces with masks. They forcibly evicted the technical staff and a police complaint was lodged. On January 4, the technical staff made the server functional again.
The Registrar further says that on January 5, students who wanted to enter were physically prevented. He further said that at around 4.30 pm, a group of students opposing the registration process were seen moving in an aggressive manner from the admin block to the hostels.