Lucknow, Feb. 24 -- Thirteen students at Lucknow University have been told by the Executive Magistrate to furnish a personal bond of Rs 50,000 along with two sureties of Rs 50,000 each to ensure maintenance of law and order for one year following reports of unauthorised religious activities at the historic Lal Baradari structure.

This comes after the students held prayers outside a historic building called Lal Baradari because the gates were locked.

The order, issued based on the challan report of the Hasanganj police station, states that these actions created a tense situation on the university campus, and the possibility of a future disturbance of public peace cannot be ruled out. On this basis, the Executive Magistrate has directed a...