ABVP activists threatento raze idol in Jain college
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Students’ body apologises to community for the incident
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Students’ body apologises to community for the incident
A college run by the Jain community in Baghpat district of western Uttar Pradesh has accused the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of threatening to demolish a temple and an idol of a Jain goddess on the premises.
While the ABVP later issued an apology for the misconduct and alleged attempts to vandalise by its activists, blaming it on ignorance, an FIR was lodged against four persons, at least two of them members of the outfit, on charges of rioting, criminal intimidation and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace. The college administration, however, expressed dissatisfaction at the sections invoked in the FIR and demanded nothing less than the arrest of the accused persons.
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ABVP apologises to Digambar Jain community for the incident.
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ABVP activists protest against a Jain temple in the premises of the Digambar Jain College in U.P.’s Bhagpat. Photo: Special Arrangement
ABVP apologises to Digambar Jain community for the incident.
A college run by the Jain community in Baghpat district of western Uttar Pradesh has accused the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), of threatening to demolish a temple and an idol of goddess of knowledge on the premises.
While the ABVP issued an apology for the misconduct and alleged attempts to vandalise by its activists, blaming it on ignorance, an FIR was lodged against four persons, at least two of them members of the outfit, on charges of rioting, criminal intimidation and intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace.
Updated Dec 24, 2020 · 10:01 pm A screengrab of a group of men wearing ABVP scarfs surrounding the entrance of the temple in Digambar Jain College in Uttar Pradesh. | Deepak John via Twitter.
The administration of Digambar Jain College in Baghpat district of Uttar Pradesh has accused members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, of threatening to demolish an idol and temple of a Jain goddess installed inside the campus,
The Hindu reported on Thursday.
A widely shared video on social media showed a group of men, wearing saffron scarves with ABVP written on them. The group can be seen at the entrance of the temple even as police personnel tried to reason with them. They can be heard shouting “Vidyarthi Parishad zindabad