Pune, February 11 Members of BJYM, the youth wing of the BJP, vandalized a Bangladesh food stall during a global event at a private university in Pune and set the national flag of the neighboring country on fire.
Separately, they allegedly painted the Bangladesh flag on a road and raised slogans against Dhaka's "anti-India" stance.
MIT World Peace University (WPU) has not yet filed a formal complaint regarding the vandalism.
A BJYM official confirmed the incident.
When contacted, Senior Inspector Sandip Deshmane of the Kothrud police station said that the incident occurred after the event. "We are investigating," he said without elaborating.
Food stalls were set up by students from various nationalities as part of the World Cultural Festival (WCF) organized on the MIT-WPU campus on Tuesday.
"An unfortunate incident occurred. Preliminary information indicates that certain unauthorized individuals entered the campus premises. The University is in the process of filing a formal complaint with the police," according to a statement issued by Ganesh Pokale, Registrar of MIT-WPU.
He added that the WCF is organized every year to celebrate cultural diversity and provide a platform for international students. Similar events are organized by other universities in the city every year.
The University remains committed to ensuring a safe, respectful, and inclusive environment for all, he said.
Pune city BJYM president Dushyant Mohol said that the incident occurred after students at the Bangladesh food stall refused to remove their national flag and planted another one.
"As a Bangladesh flag was displayed at the stall, some local students asked them to remove it, citing Bangladesh's current anti-India stance. Instead of removing the flag, the students at the stall put up another flag, which angered the local students. When we came to know about it, we vandalized the stall and burned their flag," Mohol told PTI.
A video of some men vandalizing the stall and burning the Bangladesh flag while raising anti-Bangladesh slogans has gone viral.
On Wednesday, BJYM members allegedly painted the Bangladeshi flag on a road and raised slogans against the neighboring nation.