India Tomorrow
ALIGARH, MARCH 16 – Sixty students including 50 unnamed have been booked by police at the Civil Lines Police Station in connection with the protests at the Aligarh Muslim University Campus, on Saturday Night. Student protestors had tried to take out a candlelight march at the university to mourn the death of a youth who had died of gunshot injuries sustained in the violent clashes during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) last month.
According to police, the students were blocked at the main gate itself. Ten students were named for violating Section 144 of the Indian Penal Code. The protestors tried to march towards the Collectorate, which is located close to the University, to submit a memorandum to senior district officials but were thwarted from doing so by police personnel who reached the spot and blocked them at the Sir Syed Crossing, the main university campus gate.
Earlier in the evening, a group of protesting students had announced that they were going to hold a candlelight march to mourn the death of Mohammad Tariq Munawwar, a youth who was injured on February 23 at Upper Kot and succumbed to his gunshot injuries late on Friday night at the Jawahar Lal Nehru Medical College Hospital inside AMU, where he was being treated.
According to PTI, the protesting students were demanding the arrest of two persons who were booked in the case but are still at large. Circle Officer Samamnia told media that the main accused Vinay Varshney has already been arrested and the police were following up on the matter.
