Jamia Millia Islamia has submitted an estimate worth â¹2.66 crores to the Ministry of Human Resource Development over damage to property during police action inside the varsity on December 15, 2019.
The estimate included damage to 25 CCTV cameras amounting to â¹4.75 lakh, reported The Indian Express.
In the past few days, many video clips from Jamia’s CCTV footage have surfaced, which show police personnel hitting on students as well as hitting CCTV cameras with lathis, inside the varsity’s library.
Delhi Police has maintained that few of the videos appear edited and they are verifying its authenticity.
As per the estimate submitted by Jamia Millia Islamia, public property amounting to â¹2,66,16,390 was damaged during police action. The university has specified that damage ‘occurred due to Delhi Police action on December 15, 2019’.
While Jamia has said that the security personnel entered without permission, the police have returned to their earlier stance that they were in pursuit of ‘rioters’ and hence entered the premises.
Tariq Ashraf, the librarian, had earlier said, ‘Most of the damage in the library is due to breaking of glass panes. Some of the other things damaged are CCTV cameras and tube lights, etc. But thankfully no books or manuscripts were touched.’
According to the university’s estimates, 75 doors worth â¹41.25 lakh; 220 window panes worth â¹22.5 lakh; railings worth â¹18 lakh; hardware worth â¹15 lakh and 35 library tables worth â¹14 lakh were damaged during police action. The university also saw 175 chairs worth â¹7 lakh, ‘toilet items’ worth â¹6 lakh, vegetation worth â¹7.5 lakh, tiles worth â¹8 lakh, and 15 aluminium doors worth â¹4.5 lakh being damaged.
Loss has also been incurred on account of paint peeling off the walls, estimated to be around â¹22.5 lakh. Jamia also suffered damage to 165 lights (â¹12.4 lakh), stone coping (â¹3.8 lakh), false ceiling (â¹5.5 lakh) and kerbstones (â¹2.5 lakh). Apart from this, 75 mirrors estimated to cost â¹72,630 and 180 glass films costing â¹72,000 were also damaged.
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