India, July 26 -- Police have detained two youths in Panaji for allegedly expressing support for jailed student activist Umar Khalid during celebrations over the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, officials said.

Khalid has been arrested in a case related to riots in northeast Delhi in 2020.

A group was on Saturday, July 25, celebrating Pradhan's resignation -- which followed nationwide protests spearheaded by the Cockroach Janta Party on the NEET paper leak issue -- at Azad Maidan in Panaji when a youth, identified as Danish, displayed a placard in support of Khalid.

When questioned by the media, the youth said he supported the cause of Khalid's release from prison.

A senior police officer present at the prot...