Eight BESU students remanded to jail custoday

Howrah, Nov 7 (UNI) The Chief Judicial Magistrate court today remanded eight Bengal Engineering and Science University (BESU) students to four-day judicial custody for indulging in violence in the campus.

Police said the students owing allegiance to the CPI(M)-backed Students Federation of India(SFI) and Independent Consolidation(IC) fought a pitched battle on Wednesday night following a scuffle between them during a match two days ago.

The IC students sat in protest against the arrest of their compatriots.

The RAF and police had been deployed to control the situation.

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