India, Aug. 16 -- Rajasthan Police detained a group of college students in Alwar on Sunday ahead of Union home minister Amit Shah's public programme in the city as they were planning to hold a protest and show black flags to him.

Shah, accompanied by Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, is scheduled to address a public meeting at Vijay Nagar Ground in Alwar and launch development projects worth Rs.6,279 crore across the state, including Rs.783 crore worth of projects in Alwar district.

Police sources said the students were taken into custody before a proposed protest at RR College, news agency PTI reported.

The protesters had planned to raise the issue of the lathi-charge on students at Jantar Mantar in Delhi during the Cockroach Janta Par...