7 MSU fine arts students booked for writing sensitive slogans on CAA, 5 arrested

Vadodara:Seven students of the faculty of fine arts of the MS university here have been booked for writing communally sensitive slogans on police headquarters boundary wall and other places in the city to protest against the Citizen Amendment Act passed by the Modi government.

Five of them (all from other states) have been arrested while two others from Vadodara were yet to be nabbed.

Police today said that third year student Pulkit S Gandhi (20, resident of Gurugram), Second year student Rajat D Vyas (19, resident of Indore MP), Second year student Ruchir P Nair (21, resident of Pune), Third year student Aryan A Sharma (24, resident of Indore) and third year student A Johnson (23, resident of Kerala) have been arrested from Fatehganj area here. Two others identified Renil resident of Sama area here and Rishi Nair residnet of Fatehganj were yet to be nabbed.

They had written sensitive slogans and made paintings against the act with spray paint on the walls and building at various places including police bhavan, Kala ghoda circle, Fatehganj Pavilion wall, a hostel wall near Rosery school. Police has also seized their mobile phones and three two wheeler.

A case under sections 427, 295 (a), 298, 504, 505 (1) (b) (c) of the IPC and section 3 (1) of the public property damage act has been lodged in the Raopura police station here in this connection.

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