<p>Weeks after JNU students had a confrontation with the administration over burning of Manusmriti, students in Delhi University today burnt copies of the ancient text following which three of them were detained by police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Activists of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) and left-backed All India Students Association (AISA) burnt Manusmriti terming it to be a derogatory text for women.<br /><br />While KYS burnt Manusmriti outside Hansraj college as a symbolic protest against the "casteist administration of the college" where one of its activists was assaulted on April 4 in the college allegedly in front of the principal, the AISA held the event at Arts faculty on the eve of birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar.<br /><br />According to police officials, three students were detained at Maurice Nagar police station in view of law and order issue and were released later.<br /><br />Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) rebels who left the RSS' student outfit citing differences over its handling of the JNU row, had last month burnt a copy of Manusmriti despite the varsity administration denying permission for the same.<br /><br />The university had issued show-cause notices to five students asking them to explain their position on the event. However, no action has been taken against anybody in this regard. <br /></p>
<p>Weeks after JNU students had a confrontation with the administration over burning of Manusmriti, students in Delhi University today burnt copies of the ancient text following which three of them were detained by police.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Activists of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan (KYS) and left-backed All India Students Association (AISA) burnt Manusmriti terming it to be a derogatory text for women.<br /><br />While KYS burnt Manusmriti outside Hansraj college as a symbolic protest against the "casteist administration of the college" where one of its activists was assaulted on April 4 in the college allegedly in front of the principal, the AISA held the event at Arts faculty on the eve of birth anniversary of BR Ambedkar.<br /><br />According to police officials, three students were detained at Maurice Nagar police station in view of law and order issue and were released later.<br /><br />Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) rebels who left the RSS' student outfit citing differences over its handling of the JNU row, had last month burnt a copy of Manusmriti despite the varsity administration denying permission for the same.<br /><br />The university had issued show-cause notices to five students asking them to explain their position on the event. However, no action has been taken against anybody in this regard. <br /></p>