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Four students injured in Agra lathicharge

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AGRA: At least four students were injured on Thursday when police resorted to lathi charge to disperse them when they blocked the Agra-Kanpur by-pass here to protest the cancellation of BSc forestry results, examination for which was held in 2004.

However, Senior Superintendent of Police, Agra, Rajiv Krishna said that police did not lathi charged but detained some students for talks and for an amicable settlement of the dispute.

The students, who belong to Shivdan College, Iglas, Aligarh and PG College, Nidhauli Kalan, Etah have been agitating since May 15 following the cancellation of their results by the authorities of Dr BR Ambedkar University saying large scale irregularities had been detected in the 2004 examinaion.

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