Lucknow, Feb. 24 -- Thirteen students from Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow University were issued notices on Tuesday, February 24, for offering prayers and protesting outside the Lal Baradari mosque on the campus, after the administration sealed its entrance.

The notices were issued following a report by Sub-Inspector Ashwini Kumar Mishra from the Hasanganj Police Station on Monday, February 23, which stated that the prayers had created a tense situation on the university campus. It created potential for communal tension and a breach of public peace, it said.

As the Muslim students had offered namaz outside the Lal Baradari, the Hindu students, in a show of unity, formed a human chain to help them continue their prayers and break their fasts du...