Several entrances to Aligarh Muslim University were reopened early on October 4 after students blocked gates during a protest demanding students’ union elections and the release of a man detained from a hostel. The overnight intervention was reported by Dainik Jagran, while PTI carried the university’s account of the detentions and the continuing election dispute.
Jagran reported that the proctorial team broke protesters’ locks at about 2.30 a.m. at Bab-e-Syed, Medical Road and other gates. Its October 4 report, updated at 9.49 a.m. IST, said the Centenary Gate remained locked that morning. A later PTI report said the blocked gates had reopened early on Sunday, without separately explaining the Centenary Gate’s status. The exact time at which access through every gate was restored is therefore unclear.
The blockade followed a Saturday evening operation at MM Hall. NDTV India and Jagran reported that four people were taken for checks and three enrolled students were released. The fourth, described by the reports as Ariz Khan, was subsequently sent to jail, according to the proctor’s later account to PTI. The underlying custody order was not independently available. Circle Officer Sarvam Singh told NDTV that his name appeared in police records concerning two cases linked to an earlier campus incident. No finding of guilt was reported.
Students demanded his release and disputed his treatment as an outsider. Proctor Mohammad Naved Khan told NDTV that no document establishing his current enrolment had been presented. He told PTI the university had not requested police action to break the protest. NDTV and Jagran nevertheless described the proctorial team accompanying police; the accounts do not settle who initiated the operation.
The election campaign began on September 21 and includes a hunger strike by suspended postgraduate student Yasir Fahad. Protesters say the union has gone almost eight years without elections. Chandrashekhar Azad backed their demand and called for medical support for fasting students and steps towards elections. The reviewed reports did not announce an election date.