SHIMLA: Thirty-five students were arrested and police were on the lookout for more who had clashed on Wednesday that left at least 8 persons, including 3 policemen, injured for wooing freshers to join rival political outfits.

Investigating police officer Gareeb Dass said that 35 students had been arrested after cases under various sections of the Indian Police Act were framed against them. Workers of the ABVP and SFI had clashed outside Kotshere Government College that had left many injured.

Trouble broke out at the college campus over wooing of freshers into joining rival political outfits.

A police report states that with several policemen on duty, a batch of about 70 ABVP workers that included Ashish Sigta, Vikas, Ankush Bamta and Varun Thakur were seen shouting slogans to woo the freshers to join their outfit.

The situation become tense when about 80 SFI workers, which included Chander Kant Verma, Nagin, Kapil and Yoginder came from another direction and were also shouting slogans to woo freshers. The police attempted to keep both the groups apart to avoid a clash, but soon they clashed by pelting stones.

Constable Mukesh Kumar was hit on the face and another one Lalit Kumar suffered injuries in the back, said a police spokesman. Five students also suffered injuries and were treated at a hospital after a medico-legal case was made out.

Campus politics is believed to be the cause of violence, as elections to students bodies are due in a month and hectic lobbying for winning the students body council elections is being pursued by rival camps.

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