police detain two mps on way to join jamia millia students' protest
New Delhi, Oct. 24 -- Two parliamentarians, Congress MP Imran Masood and Samajwadi Party MP Maulana Mohibullah Nadwi, were detained by the Delhi Police outside the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) university on Friday evening, when they were allegedly trying to take part in a students' protest at around 8.30pm.
With heavy security deployed outside the university due to ongoing protests, police got into a tussle with the MPs and some students.
A senior police officer, who did not wish to be named, said, "The two MPs were trying to enter the university without permission and join a protest. We detained them from outside only. They can't enter the premises and have been put on preventive detention. No students were detained. "
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