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Students' Federation of India protests outside CBSE Chennai office

Police detained around 30 members of the SFI, who attempted to stage a protest outside the CBSE's Chennai regional office in Anna Nagar against NEET

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Members of the Students' Federation of India (SFI) on Monday protested near the zonal office of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) here, over the controversies surrounding the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

Police detained around 30 members of the SFI, who attempted to stage a protest outside the CBSE's Chennai regional office in Anna Nagar against NEET. Around 50 SFI members took out a march towards the CBSE office to register their protest against NEET and to demand that the entrance exam — that was held on Sunday — be cancelled. However, the protesting students were detained by police even before they could reach the office.

The SFI staged a protest in the wake of a 46-year-old man from Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu dying, following a cardiac arrest in Kerala's Ernakulam on Sunday, while accompanying his son for the NEET exam.

"We told them (police) that we would not create any ruckus and that we just wanted to register our protest. Still, they didn't grant us permission and took us away," said SFI, Chennai district president D Chandru. The protesters, including two women, were detained in a wedding hall and later released in the evening.

CPI (M) state secretary K Balakrishnan and his CPI counterpart R Mutharasan condemned the police for using force against the protesting students.

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