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A few days following a ruckus over its screenings at JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia, a student outfit has given a call for holding the screening of the controversial BBC documentary on the 2002 Godhra riots at Delhi University. -- aaa

The Bhim Army Student Federation has said that it will hold the screening at 5 pm outside the Arts Faculty in the North Campus of the University of Delhi (DU)

Students and members of NSUI protesting outside the Faculty of Arts at the University of Delhi were earlier in the day detained by the police. -- aaa

Deputy Commissioner of Police (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said, "Around 4 pm, some 20 people came outside the Arts Faculty gate to screen the banned BBC documentary. As it can cause disturbance of peace and tranquility in the area, they were asked to disperse from there"

The Student Federation of India (SFI), a Communist Party of India (Marxist)s arm, said the police or institute authorities did not interfere with the screening at Jadavpur University on Thursday.

The police were also deployed at the Ambdekar University where students alleged that the college administration disconnected power supply ahead of screening.

Police were seen dragging students away as they had gathered outside the Arts Faculty building to protest against not being allowed to screen the documentary. -- aaa

Alviina Alametsa, a substitute member of the European Union’s delegation for relations with India, said that during a meeting with human rights activists, she was shocked at how many of them work under "very restricted circumstances".

In Kolkata, the SFI on Wednesday sought permission from the Presidency University authority to screen a BBC documentary on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the 2002 Gujarat riots on January 27 at 4 pm at the Badminton court of the campus through a giant screen.

Hyderabad: Tension prevailed at Hyderabad Central University (HCU) over the screening of BBC documentary ‘India: The Modi Question’ on Thursday. Defying the ban on a controversial BBC documentary, a large number of students turned up to watch the docu-film on campus.  The pro-Left Students' Federation of India (SFI) organised the screening of part 1 and 2 of the BBC