2017 DU protests happened after the violence in Ramjas College of University of Delhi on 22 February 2017.
[1] On 21 February 2017, members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) disrupted 'Cultures of Protest', a literature event organised by the English Department of the Ramjas College.
Khalid, who had reached the nearby Vishwavidyalaya metro station turned back, on being informed of the situation by the organisers.
When the rally returned to the venue of the event, they were welcomed by a hostile mob that pelted them with stones and chanted slogans like 'Vande Mataram' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'.
After this, those assembled had to evacuate through a back alley while the mob shouted threats of violence and rape against female students.