Students clash over harassment of girl in Odisha's KIIT University; five detained
Five students were detained at Bhubaneswar's KIIT university after two groups of students clashed over the harassment of a female student, news agency ANI reported.
Police has banned large groups from gathering on campus.
In a statement, KIIT University said, "Students of two groups clashed y'day over an issue of eve-teasing on Nov 23. As a precautionary measure, 2 hostels affected have been vacated. As it's a matter of clash b/w 2 groups of students, University hasn't been closed Sine Die. Classes functioning normally."
Bhubaneswar:5 detained after clash b/w2 groups at KIIT University campus y'day.Section 144 imposed,KIIT School of Law closed sine die.State Reserved Protection Force deployed.Scuffle broke out allegedly when 2nd yr B-Tech student passed lewd comments at 5th yr Law student.#Odisha pic.twitter.com/mmVjKLPaC5
— ANI (@ANI) November 25, 2018
The fight broke out after a second year engineering student allegedly made a pass at a final year law student.
CCTV footage shows students vandalising campus property.
Local television channel OTV reported that two cases were reported
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