India, Oct. 20 -- Several students and activists associated with Krantikari Yuva Sangathan were detained by the police on Tuesday after they burned the effigy of chief election commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar during Dussehra celebrations near Delhi's Model Town. Krantikari Yuva Sangathan is a Delhi-based independent student and youth organisation.

Police said the students were occupying space in a park, burning an effigy and protesting after which they were briefly detained.

The alleged effigy-burning took place at Sangam Park near Model Town in northwest Delhi where the KYS students erected a 20-feet tall effigy with a poster of Gyanesh Kumar and slogans such as "Sack Gyanesh Kumar", "Loot-tantra" and "Discrimination, Injustice".

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