File Photo: JNU Vice Chancellor Jagdeesh Kumar was a former professor at IIT Delhi.
Amid the raging row at JNU, its Vice Chancellor, M Jagadesh Kumar today appealed to "all" political parties against "interfering" in the matter and said the varsity is capable of dealing with such issues internally.
"I appeal to all political parties to not interfere in this matter. The university can deal with these issues internally," he said.
Condemning the attack on students and teachers at Patiala House Court complex, Mr Kumar said, "It was brought to our notice that some of the teachers were manhandled. The university condemns the alleged attack on them and is of the view that the law should be allowed to take its course."
Asked about reports regarding the hacking of the JNU website, the Vice Chancellor said the university is looking into the matter.
"I have also been told that the website of the university has been hacked. We are investigating the matter," he said.
Mr Kumar said a high-level JNU committee is investigating the February 9 incident in which anti-national slogans were raised and the eight students who were found to be involved in it have been debarred from the university after a preliminary inquiry.
Amid criticism over the Vice Chancellor's contradictory statements on alleged "police crackdown" on campus, Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi said, "There has been no contradictory stand on the police permission".
"We never called the police, we just cooperated with them. The permission granted to them to enter was not an anti-student move," the Vice Chancellor had said.
Anti-India slogans were raised at an event at JNU on February 9 after which its students' union president Kanhaiya Kumar was accused and arrested in a sedition case.