Ahead of Rahul Gandhi event, Youth Congress workers booked after clash with ABVP at Pune hostel campus

Pune Police on Saturday registered a case against 50 to 60 Youth Congress workers after a violent clash with members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) at a university hostel campus ahead of Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in the city.

Key points

• Akshay Jain, president of the Maharashtra Pradesh Youth Congress Media Department, described the incident as "extremely unfortunate".
• He remarked the two female students had triggered concern over scholarship matters and backed the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event.
• This person visited the hostel after the incident, asserted that ABVP workers had threatened the two female students.

Police were deployed in sizeable numbers at the College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) hostel campus after members of the ABVP and the National Students' Union of India (NSUI) clashed on Friday.

Based on a complaint filed by an ABVP member, police registered a first information report against 50 to 60 Youth Congress workers under sections 115(2), relating to voluntarily causing simple physical hurt; 189(1), relating to unlawful assembly; 351(1), relating to criminal intimidation; and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Maharashtra Police Act, an official remarked.

In practice, the complainant alleged that Congress workers were forcing female students at the institute to register for the 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event and pressuring one of them to record a video statement.

After which Congress workers allegedly verbally abused and assaulted them, rahul Gandhi gets nod for 'Chhatron Ki Goonj' event in Pune; 30 curbs, banners barred According to the complaint, ABVP members visited the hostel to inquire regarding the matter.

Earlier, senior Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar. This person visited the hostel after the incident, asserted that ABVP workers had threatened the two female students.

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