Bengaluru: A group of students who were holding a peaceful protest against the JNU incident at the Indian Institute of Science were attacked by Right-wing students on Tuesday. The attackers reportedly hurled abuses at the protesters, called them anti-national and destroyed the furniture.

The incident occured when a group of liberal and Left-leaning students as well as others, members of CONCERN, an on-campus gathering comprising formed to provide a democratic space on campus were running a signature campaign that will be part of a letter to the President of India.

One of the student who was part of the protest told sources, ““We started our campaign on Sunday and everything was peaceful. Things seemed to be going well on Monday, too, till these goons showed up. We’re not sure who they are, but we heard that they are part of the Institute too,” he said.

“They tore down the posters and vandalised the furniture. Our signature campaign was completely voluntary – passersby were asked to read it and sign if they wished to. These people could have told us they disagreed with us, instead of resorting to vandalism,” he said.

“They abused us, called us anti-national, destroyed the furniture and tore the sheet with signatures into pieces and accused us of turning IISc into a terrorist house,” he said.

Security men were called in to take control of the situation. Although the campus security handled the situation and restored peace in about ten minutes, it is learnt that the situation is still volatile.

The Right-wing students were enraged by the posters made by the campaigners, which contained slogans like ‘Kill Sedition law’, ‘Condemn sectarian slogans’, and ‘stand with JNU’.

The students have handed over a written complaint to the campus security, which has assured to take the matter to the dean. The students said that they were determined to carry on with their signature campaign.