NSUI men outsmart cops

NSUI ACTIVISTS today managed to partially burn the effigy of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan before the large police contingent present there snatched the effigy and cane-charged and dispersed the activists. Police also arrested three of the activists and booked them under Section 151. All of them were later released.

NSUI ACTIVISTS today managed to partially burn the effigy of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan before the large police contingent present there snatched the effigy and cane-charged and dispersed the activists. Police also arrested three of the activists and booked them under Section 151. All of them were later released.

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NSUI leaders Arun Hingankar (vice-president) and Rohit Joshi had announced that they would burn the effigy of the Chief Minister to protest the slapping of Section 307 of IPC against MLA Ashwin Joshi, at the Regal crossing this morning.

The police were present in full force since early morning and were keeping a hawk’s eye on all vehicles crossing the area to prevent anyone from bringing the effigy. However, the NSUI activists had hidden an effigy inside the Singapore Market. While the police were busy looking in another direction, suddenly the NSUI activists brought out the effigy from the Singapore Market and amidst shouting of slogans they started burning the effigy.

Outsmarted, the policemen milling around rushed towards the activists and snatched the effigy from them and started beating the youth who had brought the effigy. Meanwhile, on being cane-charged the other activists ran away, but the police arrested two others. The arrested youths have been identified as Arun resident of Juni Indore, Rohit and