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There was no lathicharge, says Roy

Commissioner AN Roy said the students had gone to Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the governor, without intimating the police.

Dharmendra Tiwari

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

MUMBAI: City police commissioner AN Roy, who has been asked to probe the lathicharge on medical students on Saturday evening by deputy chief minister RR Patil, claimed that the students had gone to Raj Bhavan, the official residence of the governor, to protest, without intimating the police.

Roy said, “The medical students were protesting at Azad Maidan for the past two days and it was very peaceful. There was no ruckus.”

He added, “Trouble started when students began to move in small groups towards Raj Bhavan in buses and taxis after disbursing from Azad Maidan.”

The mob started gathering outside the Raj Bhavan gate and obstructed road traffic in one the most sensitive areas that has VIP movement, including the governor and chief minister.

“The matter went out of control when students lied down on the road, and when the officials of the Malabar Hill police station tried to disburse them, some of them tried to sneak into the Raj Bhavan premises and climb over the Afghan consulate wall,” the police commissioner said.

He added that out of the 125 youngsters who were arrested, only 68 were medical students.

The police are investigating the role of the 57 non-medical students who had joined the protest.

It is also alleged that there were no women constables, to which the police replied that they had no time to call them in.

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