A high-voltage political drama unfolded at the Saraswati Nagar Police Station on Wednesday evening after members of the Congress party, led by Chhattisgarh Pradesh Congress Committee (CPCC) President Deepak Baij, staged a sit-in protest (dharna) demanding an FIR against Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) members following a violent clash with National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) activists at Raipur’s Government Science College, here other day. The protest gained momentum as senior Congress leaders and a large number of party workers gathered, pressuring the police to take swift action against the ABVP members involved in the alleged assault on NSUI workers. The FIR was filed after hours of intense protest by Congress.

 

According to police sources, the FIR was registered under Section 296 351(2), Section 115(2) and Section 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyay Sanhita (BNS), which amounts to criminal charges of assault or use of criminal force during the clash, incitement or abetment of the incident. These charges attributed ABVP activists with actions that disturbed public peace and also indicated the severity of the altercation, as stated by the police sources. Sources further said that the altercation occurred at Government Science College premises on September 3, around 1 PM, resulting in NSUI members being attacked. Kishan Mahajan, a member of NSUI, filed the complaint that led to the FIR, registered at around 8.45 pm on Wednesday, a day after the clash.

 

The accused, identified as Pratham Rao Futane, Sujal Gupta, Ashish Sinha and Ashutosh Soni, all members of ABVP, are named as accused in the FIR. “The investigation has been entrusted to Assistant Sub-Inspector Narsingh Sahu, who is set to take immediate steps in probing the incident,” the sources elaborated. Meanwhile, according to eye-witnesses, the political pressure, led by Deepak Baij, saw Congress leaders staging sit-in protest for over five hours at the police station. Baij ended the protest only after receiving confirmation that an FIR had been registered against the ABVP members. “Justice must prevail, and this FIR is just the beginning,” Baij told reporters as he concluded the protest. This violent clash between NSUI and ABVP has further ignited political tensions between the student wings of Congress and BJP, leaving both sides preparing for further confrontations as the police investigation proceeds.