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VARANASI : Five teams are carrying out probes into the collapse of an underconstruction flyover in Varanasi that claimed 15 lives on Tuesday, officials said, adding that a central team was likely to visit the site on Friday and submit its report to the PMO.

“Five teams are already carrying out investigations. Another team constituted by the central government is likely to reach Varanasi on Friday . It will submit its report to the PMO,” a district administration official, who did not wish to be named, said.

AGRA: With the onset of Ramzan, the agitating students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) withdrew their three-day hunger strike and 15-day dharna. But leaders of the AMU students’ union (AMUSU) threatened to launch a fresh agitation, if their demand for a judicial inquiry into the violence on the campus over a portrait of Pakistan founder Mohammed Ali Jinnah is not fulfilled.

“This should not be viewed as an end to our agitation but as preparation for a possible second stage of our struggle which would be launched, if needed, at an allIndia level in case authorities fail to fulfill their commitment,” said AMUSU president Mashkoor Ahmad Usmani.

“We would have our delegations meeting the home minister and President of India besides others concerned and would press for our demand,” he added.

The agitation by students ended on Wednesday night after Nafeesa Begum, the mother of missing JNU student Najeeb, persuaded the AMU students to end their indefinite hunger strike. AMU vice- chancellor Professor Tariq Mansoor too expressed solidarity with the agitating students after visiting them. “The strike has ended but the movement has begun. We would even go for legal recourse, if our demands are not met,” stated the AMUSU president.