13 students detained by police in Salt Lake

Thirteen students were detained by the police in Salt Lake area today, who were staging a protest rally in solidarity with the protest by Jadavpur University students, who were allegedly beaten up by police on the night of September 16.
The students from various colleges today gathered near Laboni area in Salt Lake, near a Puja Pandal and started raising slogans against the alleged crackdown by police on Jadavpur University students on September 16, following the gherao of Jadavpur university VC.
"We have detained 13 students as we apprehended that they might create problem during the Durga puja ceremony," officer in charge of Bidhannagar North Police station Santanu Koar told PTI.

Thousands of students had marched through the city's streets on September 20 demanding the VC's resignation .
West Bengal Governor K N Tripathi who is also the Chancellor of the University has intervened to end the stalemate in the prestigious institution, where students continue to boycott classes. Those in the mass communication department also boycotted their examination on September 18.