Twenty-four hours after being released from Tihar Jail, state joint secretary of ABVP Vikas Dahiya—who was arrested on Tuesday for violent protests in the university on the issue—said he wants the police to take action against the DU V-C Deepak Pental.

He also demanded for action against head of the department (History) S Z H Jafri and Upinder Singh, daughter of Prime Minster Manmohan Singh, whose name is printed on the book as the compiler.

“We are planning to lodge an FIR against them for hurting the religious sentiments of Hindus,” Dahiya said at a press conference held at North Campus today.

From Monday, Vikas said, ABVP activists would visit at least two colleges each day to seek support from principals and students for a college-wise demonstration.

Vikas alleged the Delhi Police and DU authorities were biased and said that though arrest warrants were issued against eight persons, there were only five people in the building during the violence.

“When Amrita Bahri and Devraj Tehlan of the NSUI ran amok in the History Department last year, no action was taken against them,” he claimed.

Payal Mago, reader in DU and vice president of ABVP, said that if Upinder Singh had not compiled the material as claimed by History Department, “what took her so long to deny charges”.