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The Mumbai Police booked 10 students of the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) for organising a get-together connected the juncture of archetypal decease day of late Prof. G.N. Saibaba, said constabulary connected Tuesday.
On Tuesday (October 14, 2025), 2 students were allegedly detained and interrogated astir the event, claimed the students of TISS. The Mumbai Police astatine Trombay constabulary presumption did not respond to the queries sent by The Hindu. A fewer students besides claimed they are incapable to instrumentality to field arsenic constabulary person been calling them to the constabulary station.
The second-year pupil from TISS, who was contiguous astatine the get-together, connected the information of anonymity, said, “It was a spontaneous decision; hardly 8 to 10 students joined. At a chai tapri, we each were talking astir G.N. Saibaba’s contributions and decided to conscionable recite a fewer of his poems and airy candles. There was nary event, nary sloganeering successful enactment of Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam. This is perfectly a rumour.” Further, helium added, “We were unneurotic for simply 10 minutes; adjacent the guards were lasting there.” Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam were arrested successful the 2020 Delhi riots case.
Another pupil from TISS, who besides attended the event, said, “No speeches were made. We were conscionable astir to disperse erstwhile the right-wing students associated with the Democratic Secular Students Forum came and started clicking photos, posting connected societal media, tagging CMO, Mumbai police. After that, wrong a fewer minutes, the constabulary arrived and registered a FIR the adjacent day.”
On October 13, Dr. Vaishali Bhanudas Kolhe, Associate Dean, TISS, filed a ailment against a radical of students for organising an unauthorised gathering, without anterior permission, astatine the TISS field to wage tribute to G.N. Saibaba, arsenic per the police.
Mr. Saibaba was arrested for having alleged Maoist links and acquitted of each charges successful 2024. The DU professor, who suffered from implicit 90% disability, died connected October 12, months aft his release.
The constabulary booked students nether sections 189, 190 (2), 192, 196, 197, 223 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 37(1)(a)37(3) 135 nether the Maharashtra Police Act 1951. The sections related to causing prejudice to the nation, enmity betwixt groups, unlawful assembly, and others.
TISS medication claimed that they had nary thought astir the get-together and were not definite astir the sloganeering. “We got to cognize the students were reciting a fewer poems. However, the Student Discipline Committee is allowing students to contiguous their broadside of the story. However, for now, everything is peaceful connected the campus. No 1 tin travel successful the mediate of Law and order,” said TISS Registrar Narendra Mishra confirming that the FIR was filed by TISS.
