Pune Police Book 50-60 Youth Congress Workers After ABVP-NSUI Clash at Hostel

Pune Police have booked 50 to 60 Youth Congress workers following a clash between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) at a university hostel ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s meeting with female students at a city college on Saturday evening.

Police deployed a large contingent at the College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) hostel campus after ABVP and NSUI members clashed late Friday night.

Acting on a complaint filed by an ABVP member, police registered an FIR on Saturday morning against 50 to 60 Youth Congress workers.

The case has been registered under Section 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), relating to voluntarily causing hurt, along with Section 189(1) concerning unlawful assembly, Section 351(1) concerning criminal intimidation and other relevant provisions of the BNS and the Maharashtra Police Act.

Security was stepped up at the hostel campus following the confrontation ahead of Rahul Gandhi’s scheduled interaction with female students.