Indian Army Debunks Pakistan-Linked Social Media Account’s Claims of ‘Crackdown’ on CJP

In a fact-check shared on social media, the Army said the account had used an old photograph showing security personnel during a student protest at Jamia Millia Islamia University in south Delhi to falsely portray the armed forces as acting against young people.

The account had alleged that a crackdown on the CJP took place on the morning of October 23, leaving seven youths injured and two dead. It also claimed that the Army had taken a position against Gen Z.

Rejecting these claims, the Army said the account was spreading propaganda and using a fabricated Indian identity to circulate misleading information.

According to the Army, the original footage showed security personnel handling a hunger strike linked to the demand for restoration of the students’ union at Jamia Millia Islamia on October 17. The Army clarified that no casualties were reported during that incident.

Jamia forms committee to examine students’ union

Separately, Jamia Millia Islamia has notified the formation of a committee to draft the Constitution of the Jamia Millia Islamia Students’ Union (JMISU), in furtherance of provisions under Article 23(J) and (K) of the Jamia Millia Islamia Act, 1988, according to an official statement from the university’s Chief Public Relations Office.

The committee will examine the circumstances surrounding the dissolution of the students’ union in 2006, relevant rulings by competent courts and the recommendations of the Lyngdoh Committee of 2007.

The university said the initiative was necessary because the last students’ union at the institution was dissolved in 2006, and several legal and institutional developments had taken place in the intervening two decades.

The committee will review the matter in light of the prevailing legal and institutional framework before preparing the proposed constitution.

The Army’s fact-check and the university’s committee announcement concern separate developments: the former addresses misleading online claims about an alleged military crackdown, while the latter relates to the institutional process for examining the future framework of Jamia’s students’ union.