Mar 18, 2025 09:29 PM IST
Police had earlier arrested two individuals in the identical case and each of them have been granted bail by the courtroom
Kolkata: A second-year civil engineering scholar from Jadavpur College was arrested on Tuesday in reference to the conflict that rocked the varsity campus on March 1.
A number of hundred college students held a rally from Jadavpur College to Jadavpur police station on Tuesday. (File Photograph)
“Souptik Chandra, a student at the university has been arrested in connection with the case related to setting fire in an office inside the varsity on March 1,” stated an officer.
Police had earlier arrested two individuals in the identical case – Mohammad Sahil Ali, a former JU scholar and Soumyadeep Mahato, a first-year scholar. Whereas Ali was picked up from his home on March 2, Mahato was arrested after being questioned on the police station on March 12. Each of them have been earlier granted bail by the courtroom.
On Tuesday police summoned over a dozen college students on the Jadavpur Police station for questioning in reference to the March 1 incident. A number of hundred college students held a rally from Jadavpur College to Jadavpur police station throughout the day. Protests broke out when Chandra was arrested.
“The police are harassing the students by implicating them in the case. Two students have already got bail in the same case. We strongly condemn this, and our protests will continue till the arrested student is released. An FIR has been registered against state education minister Bratya Basu on the basis of a complaint lodged by the injured student. Why aren’t the police acting on that?” Anushna Das, a scholar chief informed the media.
On March 1, a conflict broke out between the scholars’ wings of the ruling Trinamool Congress and the CPI(M) within the college campus. State training minister Bratya Basu’s automotive was attacked and a scholar was additionally injured after being allegedly hit by the minister’s automotive within the melee. Later, on the order of the Calcutta excessive courtroom an FIR was registered in opposition to Basu.
On March 10, a wall graffiti with “Azad Kashmir” and “Free Palestine” written on it surfaced within the college triggering a political row. Police have already registered a suo moto FIR underneath Part 152 (actions that endanger India’s sovereignty, unity, and integrity) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS).
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