Bengaluru: Police on Monday arrested seven students of the Jain University in connection with the Ambedkar skit row that has triggered nationwide controversy.
The arrested students have reportedly been booked under the SC ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act and Sections 153a, 295a, and 149 of the Indian Penal Code.
The students were earlier suspended by the college for allegedly insulting Dr. BR Ambedkar and the SC community on February 8, during a skit.
A video clip of the skit had gone viral on social media, drawing criticism and the registration of many FIRs across the state and other places.