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TOI : PUNE: The city police have rounded up another 72 Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) members, including Koregaon Park corporator Bapu Wagaskar, under precautionary measures so as to bring to an end the political outfit’s tirade against city institutions.

Joint commissioner of police Rajendra Sonawane said they have rounded up another 72 activists till Wednesday evening to prevent any untoward incidents in the city. No educational institution, however, was attacked on Wednesday.

The zone I of the Pune police has arrested 38, zone II arrested 18, and zone III arrested eight while zone IV arrested nine people between Tuesday night and Wednesday evening. Sonawane said they have given police protection to almost all colleges in the city.

Meanwhile, the eight people arrested in the Bharati Vidyapeeth rampage, including corporator Vasant More, were remanded to police custody till July 18. Assistant public prosecutor S.S. Gujar told the court that their custodial interrogation is required for arresting other accomplices and recovering vehicles used in the rampage.

However, MNS lawyer N.D. Pawar argued that the party men have been falsely implicated in the case. There were no one present at the scene of the offence when the police had reached. Pawar alleged that his clients have been picked up from various places.

The court also remanded the suspects arrested in the MIT rampage to magisterial custody till July 30.

Meanwhile, the MIT authorities and students have issued a letter condemning the attack on their institution by the MNS members.

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