BENGALURU: A clash broke out between National Students Union of India (NSUI) and Akhila Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members on Thursday noon in Sheshadripuram police limits. Around 12 noon NSUI activists gathered in front of ABVP office to protest the recent suicide by a Dalit student Rohith Vemula in University of Hyderabad.
Soon clashes broke out and ABVP state secretary Basavesh Khore was allegedly assaulted by the miscreants and window panes of the office got damaged due to stone pelting.
Around 30-40 students, belonging to NSUI, arrived at the ABVP office in Sheshadripuram and raised slogans. Khore, who was present at the office, asked them to leave. However, some NSUI members assaulted Khore and also pelted stones at the building.
The local police station was soon alerted and they rushed to the spot. Five people were taken into custody, but it is not yet clear whether the arrested were NSUI members, police said.
Balaji, ABVP’s the national coordinator for social media said, “The members at our office told them not to protest in front of the building. However, they assaulted our state secretary.”
DCP (Central) Sandeep Patil also visited the spot to take stock of the situation. He told this newspaper, “NSUI workers had gathered in front of the ABVP office to protest. While they were protesting one of them, belonging to NSUI, pelted stones on the office and broke the window.
"We have arrested eight people in this connection and booked them for criminal trespassing. Police are yet to establish as to which party they belonged to.”
Meanwhile, another complaint was registered by an ABVP member Prashanth, who claimed he was receiving threats from unknown callers from past few days.
