On 13 December 2019, the students of Jamia Millia Islamia University undertook a march to the Parliament protesting against the CAA.

The students were beaten by the police including Shaheen Abdullah, Chanda Yadav, Akhtarista Ansari, Ladeeda Farzana, and Aysha Renna at New Friends Colony.

[13] Visuals of burning buses began circulating on social media from the same spot where police had started beating the protesters.

[15] At 6:46 pm on 15 December 2019, hundreds of police officers, during confrontations with protesters, forcefully entered the campus of Jamia, without the permission of college authority.

[18] Speaking at a press conference on Monday 16 December, JMI's VC Najma Akhtar said, “Our students have been protesting peacefully since Friday.

Police coming inside without any notice, damaging our property and the barbaric treatment towards students is not acceptable.

[21][22] In a video, released on 15 December 2019, it can be seen that the students who were taking refuge inside the library were trying to escape from the reading room where tear gas was fired.

[24] On 15 February 2020, the Jamia Coordination Committee released a CCTV footage which confirms that indeed police and para-military personnel entered into the research scholar section of the library and randomly beat up students who can be seen sitting and reading at their respective seats.

[29] The Quint released another video on 17 February 2020, where it can be seen that police and para-military personnel entered the library and vandalised, breaking chairs and reading desk and damaging CCTVs.

[36] News of police attacks on students inside Jamia campuses was emerging on social media.

On the same night of 15 December 2019, students of JNU, DU Ambedkar University and common citizens gathered outside the police headquarters at ITO.

[42] On 12 January, vice-chancellor Najma Akhtar said that she would approach the court to file an FIR against the Delhi Police.

[44][45][46] On 30 January, Delhi Police identified photos of 69 people suspected of being involved in violence and rioting during the protest against CAA in Jamia Nagar.

Bollywood celebrities including Rajkummar Rao, Ayushmann Khurrana, Parineeti Chopra, Sidharth Malhotra, Huma Qureshi, Manoj Vajpayee, Anurag Kashyap, Anubhav Sinha, Vickey Kaushal, Richa Chadha, Tapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey, Dia Mirza, Zeeshan Ayyub, Swara Bhaskar, Bhumi Pednekar and others have extended their support to protesting students by expressing their opinions over it on X(earlier twitter) and asking the government to maintain democratic decorum.

[54] Over 400 scholars from US universities including Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Stanford, and Tufts issued a joint statement expressing solidarity with Jamia students.

[55][7][56] JNU Teachers Association, along with the Jamia Teachers Association, held a candle march at India Gate on the evening of 23 December in protest against the unethical action taken by the administration against the students of Jamia and the beating of students by entering the college campus.

Popular personality and leaders like Shashi Tharoor,[28] Medha Patkar, Tushar Gandhi,[29] Kanhaiya Kumar,[30] Umar Khalid,[33] Najeeb Jung[43] Arundhati Roy[57] and Swara Bhaskar[44] joined the student protest and address the students at gate no.

Bollywood director and producer Anurag Kashyap also came to visit the protest site of Jamia and interact with students.

[45] In his speech at the protest site, he said that he was excited to see the students of this country still alive and making their mark for rights and freedom in a democratic manner.

[58] A juvenile Hindu nationalist opened fire at a protest at the Jamia Millia Islamia, injuring one student.