Arson at AU after SP, Cong affiliates bag lion’s share
FIR against 20 students, including student leader Atendra Singh
ALLAHABAD: Violence rocked the Allahabad University campus soon after the results of the student union elections were declared around Friday midnight.
The split verdict —Samajwadi Chatra Sabha and National Students Union of India (NSUI) bagging two posts each and Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) managing with just one out of five crucial posts — triggered a bout of violence in which an inspector was left injured.
Reports said crude bombs were hurled by supporters of losing candidates.
While Uday Prakash Yadav of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha was elected president and Akhilesh Yadav of NSUI as vice president, the post of general secretary went to Shivam Singh of ABVP.
Satyam Singh Saini of Samajwadi Chatra Sabha was elected joint secretary while Aditya Singh of NSUI won on the post of cultural secretary. Soon after the results were announced, some unidentified persons torched a few rooms belonging to the outgoing president of Samajwadi Chatra Sabha Avanish Yadav and the newly-elected president Uday Prakash Yadav in the Holland Hall. While around eight rooms were torched, it was unclear as to who was behind it.The outgoing and newly-elected presidents blamed supporters of the losing candidates for the incident.
Some unidentified persons also exploded crude bombs at KPUC Hostel gate in which inspector Daraganj Vineet Singh was injured. He was sent to a nearby hospital where his condition is stated to be stable.
Fire tenders and senior district officials, including the senior superintendent of police (SSP), rushed in with reinforcements to calm the unruly mob.
A named FIR against 20 students, including student leader Atendra Singh on the complaint of newly-elected Allahabad University student union president Uday Prakash Yadav, has been lodged.Police sources said at-least four persons have been detained in connection with the arson at Holland Hall Hostel.
SP City Brajesh Kumar Srivastava said raids are being carried out to arrest those involved in arson.“The situation on the campus is under control,” he added.
FRESH CLASHES
Minor clashes erupted again at Holland Hall Hostel after some supporters of student leader Atendra Singh, who was a contender for president’s post in just concluded AUSU polls, reached the hostel on late Saturday evening.