INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Updated: Jan 12, 2020 08:19 IST
Agra (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Jan 12 (ANI): Agra police on Saturday resorted to lathi-charge to disperse protesters of two
student outfits at Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar University.The protesters belonging to National Students' Union of India and Akhil Bharatiya
Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) were subjected to baton charge by police while they were returning after submitting a memorandum to City
Magistrate in connection with JNU Violence.Police used force to disperse them, fearing a scuffle between the workers of two rival
outfits.Sharing details of the incident, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Agra, Saurabh Dixit said, "They were dispersed using
minimum force, as police suspected that a scuffle might break between the two parties."He also stated that an FIR has been registered
against all the parties involved."Action has been taken against everyone who was trying to spread violence", the official added.Protests
have happened in different universities of the country after the JNU violence which occurred in the national capital on January, 5
