UP: 13 BHU college students held for bid to ‘burn’ Manusmriti, assaulting safety guards | Lucknow Information

Based on the police, on December 25, they obtained data from the BHU chief safety officer {that a} group of scholars gathered on the arts college intersection on the campus. The scholars allegedly tried to burn the Manusmriti as a part of a “deliberate effort to incite non secular discord and create a disturbance,” police stated.

Upon being knowledgeable, safety guards reached the spot and tried to pacify the scholars, stopping them from burning the Manusmriti. Nonetheless, the accused allegedly attacked the safety personnel, vandalised property and obstructed official duties.

On the premise of a grievance, an FIR was registered on the Lanka police station below BNS sections 32 (Assault or felony pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his responsibility), 121 (Voluntarily inflicting harm or grievous harm to discourage public servant from his responsibility), 196 (Selling enmity between completely different teams on floor of faith, race, place of origin, residence, language, and so forth., and doing acts prejudicial to upkeep of concord), 299 (Deliberate and malicious acts, supposed to outrage non secular emotions of any class by insulting its faith or non secular beliefs), 190 (Each member of illegal meeting responsible of offence dedicated in prosecution of frequent object), 191 (Rioting), 115 (Voluntarily inflicting harm) and 110 (Try and commit culpable murder).