Saturday, June 25, 2011: The SFI State Secretariat has decided to observe Protest Day on Monday as a protest against the lathicharge unleashed by the state police against the SFI protest march.Several students and policemen were injured after a protest march taken out by, Students Federation of India (SFI), against the UDF government’s education policy turned violent on Friday.
Police lobbed teargas shells, used water cannon and lathicharged the protestors after they attacked them when they tried to prevent them from moving towards the state assembly complex, police said.
The protesters also vented their anger at a few government vehicles. The melee, which lasted for over an hour, halted traffic in the heart of the city.
Police accused the marchers of having triggered the violence while SFI leaders alleged that the violence was unleashed on protesters as part of a pre-planned strategy to suppress the agitation.
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