Activists, students detained for staging protest over the suspension of TISS student
The Hindu
Human rights groups and students protest suspension of Dalit PhD student at TISS, Mumbai, leading to arrests and detainment.
Over 16 human rights groups and students had gathered outside the gate of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Chembur, Mumbai, on Wednesday (March 26, 2025) over the suspension of Ramdas P.S., a Dalit PhD research student.
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The protest was in light of the March 12 Bombay High Court dismissal of a petition filed by Ramadas K.S., challenging his suspension by the TISS last year for alleged repetitive misconduct and anti-national activities.
Around six police vans and heavy security of at least 80 policemen surrounded the campus area, prohibiting any demonstration in front of TISS campus. The activists and students’ groups then decided to stage the protest approximately 500 metres away from the TISS campus near Punjabwadi Naka in Chembur. A police officer on duty said that the protestors had not sought any permission for the same.
As soon as Shailendra Kamble, CPI(M) Mumbai Committee Secretary started to address the gathering, protestors with placards and banners were held. “Trombay Police requests you to not gather on the road, disperse the gathering, the protest is illegal as the organisers have not sought police permission,” the police had announced at the time.
The placards read, ‘Stand with Ramadas, stand with TISS students’, ‘Restore campus democracy’, ‘TISS Admin, your commitment is to ‘social science’ not BJP-RSS! Down with campus autocracy!’, ‘Revoke the undemocratic suspension of Ramadas! Down with the fascist crackdown on student activists’. An activist playing dafli (a handheld percussion instrument) was playing along with the slogans raised, demanding justice for the PhD student.
Withing 15 minutes, the banners and placards were snatched and torn by policemen, and the protestors were dragged into the vans.
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