A group of men in lawyer’s robes, who assaulted journalists on Monday, turned violent yesterday again, attacking media, other lawyers and JNU Students Union president Kanhaiya Kumar, when he was being produced at the Patiala House courts.

After medical examination, the student leader was remanded to judicial custody in Tihar Jail till March 2.

Regarding JNU issue, reacting to these unprecedented events in Delhi, the Supreme Court even rushed a team of senior lawyers with police protection to assess the situation in the court, hours after it issued a series of directions to ensure peace in the court complex, keeping in mind, the violence took place on Monday.

The Union home ministry further asked police to submit a report on the fresh violence in the court premises, where the JNUSU chief got injured badly. However, the police denied that Kanhaiya had been “beaten up”.

Three lawyers and BJP MLA O.P. Sharma were issued summons, over the attacks on journalists, the police said, adding that the use of force in the court would have been counterproductive.

Reportedly, the police is looking for 30-odd students who were involved with February 9th event, which led to controversy on the JNU campus.

The NHRC issued notices to the Centre, the Delhi government, the Delhi Police and the university authorities over the police action at the campus.

For the third consecutive day, both students and teachers boycotted the classes at JNU.

Senior Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said there was an “alternative voice” in the university which should also be heard, JNU vice-chancellor Jagadesh Kumar appealed to “all” political parties not to “interfere” in campus matters, saying that the university was capable of dealing with all such issues internally.

By Phani Ch