Lucknow, February 24 Protests erupted on the Lucknow University campus on Tuesday after members of the RSS-backed ABVP gathered near the Lal Baradari complex, reciting Hanuman Chalisa and demanding the "purification" of the site where prayers were offered a few days ago.
According to officials, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) activists raised slogans of "Jai Shri Ram" while marching towards the mosque within the Lal Baradari complex. Visuals showed police repeatedly stopping the protesters from advancing further.
The protesters later sat on a road in front of the mosque and began reciting the Hanuman Chalisa, demanding the "purification" of the place where prayers were allegedly offered a few days ago.
Police intervened and detained around seven to eight protesters as a precautionary measure.
They were initially seated in a bus parked on the campus and later taken to the Hasanganj police station, where further legal formalities were carried out, a police officer told