Indian-Origin Student Arrested Over Ant-Israel Protest in US, Banned from Princeton Univ

An Indian-origin woman Achinthya Sivalingan, studying at the prestigious Princeton University is among two students arrested over pro-Palestine protests on the campus.

Tamil Nadu-born Achinthya and Hassan Sayed were the two arrested students. They were arrested after the protesters set up tents for an encampment in a university courtyard on Thursday morning, reported the Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Both these graduate students were arrested for trespassing and they were “immediately barred from the campus”, said Jennifer Morrill, a university spokesperson. The arrested students will also face disciplinary action.

Achinthya is a student of Masters in Public Affairs in International Development at Princeton and Sayed is a PhD student.

Pro-Palestine protests have rocked the top US universities as thousands of students have hit their campuses to demonstrate against the Gaza deaths due to Israeli military operation.