BHOPAL, Feb. 18 -- A major altercation erupted at the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT) campus late on Sunday night, leading to police intervention. The dispute, which started around 11:30 PM between first-year and second-year hostel students, escalated into violence, prompting the institute's management to call law enforcement to restore order. Additional police forces were deployed to manage the tense situation.
According to police officials, the conflict began following a minor accident involving a motorcycle collision between a second-year student and a first-year student. What started as a verbal dispute quickly intensified, with large groups of students from both hostels gathering outside the buildings, engaging i...