Bengaluru: FIR against 25 ABVP activists for alleged vandalism at Azim Premji University
Bengaluru: An FIR has been registered at the Sarjapur Police Station against 25 ABVP activists for allegedly entering the premises of Azim Premji University and creating a disturbance during a protest on Tuesday evening.
The protest was staged to oppose a debate organised by the All-India Students’ Association (AISA) SPARK student wing, which ABVP claimed portrayed Kashmiri soldiers in a derogatory manner.
ABVP members had gathered outside the university and announced plans to submit a memorandum to the Union Minister seeking cancellation of the university’s recognition.
According to police, tensions escalated when some activists allegedly entered the campus, smeared ink on the university nameplate, and engaged in unruly behaviour. Pro-university students also staged a counter-protest inside the campus.
Based on a complaint filed by the university’s Security Head, S. Wilson, the FIR includes allegations of forced entry, issuing threats to security, Jagadish, Chandan Mahalik, Chattar Bahadur, Naresh, Sripathi and Harish, and assaulting a first-year BA student, Muhammad Ali Ahmed.
Police said 25 ABVP activists were taken into custody and later produced before a court. They have since filed applications seeking regular bail before the Anekal court.
Further investigation is under way.
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Police refused to file FIR in Baramati plane crash; our suspicion growing stronger, says Rohit Pawar
Mumbai (PTI): NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar on Wednesday claimed that the Mumbai police refused to file an FIR in connection with the plane crash, in which Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was killed, and said the refusal has deepened the suspicion surrounding the accident.
The government and the machinery appeared to be protecting someone, he alleged.
Aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Tuesday directed the grounding of four aircraft of VSR Ventures, whose plane crashed at Baramati on January 28, killing Ajit Pawar and four others.
Following the crash of the Learjet 45 aircraft (VT-SSK), the aviation regulator had ordered a special safety audit of VSR Ventures, and the audit team observed several non-compliances of approved procedures in the area of airworthiness, air safety, and flight operations.
In a message posted on a social media platform, Rohit Pawar claimed, "While awaiting appropriate action regarding Ajitdada's plane crash, yesterday the DGCA report arrived stating that this accident was caused by the negligence of VSR company."
However, since no FIR has been filed in this regard, he along with party MLC Amol Mitkari, Idris Naikwadi and MLA Sandeep Kshirsagar, went to the Marine Drive police station in south Mumbai to demand registration of an FIR under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), he said.
He claimed that when the process to record his statement began, a senior police official refused to register the FIR and instead accepted their application merely as a formality.
"The conduct of the police has further intensified our suspicion regarding the plane crash. If even after demands by elected representatives from both the opposition and the ruling parties the police are discarding the demand to register an FIR, it is unfortunate for Maharashtra," Pawar, who represents the Karjat-Jamkhed assembly constituency in Ahilyanagar district, said in the post.
The government and the machinery appeared to be protecting someone, he alleged, and questioned whether Ajit Pawar would get justice if such a situation persisted.
The NCP (SP) legislator said they would not relent until the matter is taken to its logical conclusion.
He added that at 9 am on Thursday, all those who love his uncle Ajit Pawar would go to the Baramati taluka police station to press for registration of an FIR.
While the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is expected to come out with its preliminary report into the fatal crash before February 28, concerns have been raised in certain quarters claiming there could have been a conspiracy that led to the crash.
