The Communist Party of India (Marxist) has demanded a judicial probe into police firing on students at Government Engineering College here yesterday. Inaugurating a dharna Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) demanding ouster of student Nirmal Madhav, who got admission by violating norms, party State Secretary Pinarayi Vijayan said today a judicial probe could only unravel the government’s role into the firing. Stating that the police had opened fire on Students Federation of India activists, who were on a peaceful agitation, he also demanded stringent action against the police officers involved in the incident.He said the officer, who opened fire was 'mad' as he resorted to the action without provocation and clearance from a magistrate. Justifying the SFI stir, he said Nirmal Madhav, who had completed only two semsters in a private self-financing college, was not eligible for admission to a government engineering college that also in the fifth semester. Cautioning that the brutal police action could not weaken mass movements in the state, he said the agitation by the student and the youth wings of the party would continue till its logical conclusion. More than 30 people, including SFI State Secretary P Biju, were injured in police lathicharge on agitators at the college premises.
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