The Vadodara metropolis police Sunday lodged two separate FIRs in two incidents of protest towards the Faculty of Fine Arts at MS University in Vadodara that got here below assault Thursday from right-wing teams for displaying “objectionable” work that “hurt religious sentiments”.
Officials of Sayajigunj police station are complainants in each FIRs. In the primary FIR, two individuals have been recognized and booked for allegedly assaulting a constable of the police station whereas on responsibility to disperse the mob. Police constable Bharat Magabhai, who was unarmed on the protest web site Thursday, has acknowledged the 2 accused–Kartik Joshi and Dhruv Parikh–allegedly obstructed him from performing his responsibility in the course of the mob violence inside the college campus. “Dhruv Parikh and Kartik Joshi charged toward me warning, “No one can tell us what to do”. They first manhandled me after which slapped me two-three occasions,” the police constable states.
The second FIR is towards 31 staff of the ABVP who staged a protest outdoors the MSU head workplace Saturday and clashed with the police.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
