Tensions escalated at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) after protesting students blocked all four entry gates to the campus amid an agitation over holding students’ union elections, officials said.
The three students were released, while the fourth was taken into custody and subsequently sent to jail, he said. Mr. Khan rejected allegations that university authorities had asked the police to detain students to disrupt the ongoing protest, terming the claim “totally false. AMU Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) secretary Ashraf Mateen wrote to Vice-Chancellor Naima Khatoon seeking immediate steps to hold elections for teachers’ representatives to the University Court, Executive Council and Academic Council, saying the elections were long overdue.
The situation had turned tense on Saturday (October 3, 2026) evening after protesters allegedly tried to enter the proctor’s office following reports that the police had detained four students from a hostel in MM Hall.
The proctor claimed that one person was detained after a police raid at the hostel to act against “external elements,” stressing that the university had no role in the raid. AMU proctor Naved Khan said the police raided the hostel based on information that some external elements were staying there. He said the police acted on their own inputs about the presence of alleged criminal elements attempting to take advantage of the situation on the campus.
