“SFI goons assault and lock up a female ABVP worker in a Kerala college room for wearing a rakhi: Report”, Opindia, October 21, 2023:

“On October 16, K Aradhana, a female member of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), was locked up in a dimly lit room for several hours by Students’ Federation of India (SFI) goons at Government Polytechnic College in Kannur, Kerala, a report published in Organiser said.

During this confinement, she was denied access to the restroom. The incident took place after she was assaulted by SFI members, an act prompted by her distribution of ABVP membership forms and wearing a rakhi on her wrist.

She was forced into providing a written statement acknowledging her actions as wrong and committing to refrain from participating in ABVP activities on campus. ABVP has condemned this action by SFI as a violation of the girl’s rights. K Aradhana, a first-year student in the Textile Department, filed a complaint with the college principal regarding the ordeal she endured……”

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