Rohtak, Sept. 21 -- A day after two students of the Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU) in Rohtak were arrested on charges of trespassing for storming the vice chancellor's (VC) official residence and accusing him of running an illegal "flowerpot factory", a local court here on Saturday termed the arrest "unlawful" and ordered the police to release both the students identified as Pradeep Mota and Kapil Fouji immediately.

The PGIMS police had booked five persons, including four students and a YouTuber under Sections 115, 190, 191(2), 333 and 351(3) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and arrested two students on Friday.

Talking to HT, lawyer Surender Verma, who represented the students, said that both the students were produced before judicial...