A confrontation between junior and senior students at Shanti Business School in Ahmedabad left 12 people injured on the campus on September 7.

The fight had all the elements of a Bollywood potboiler – an SUV smashing the closed gates of the college to enter, while two groups clashed with sticks and fisticuffs. 

Bopal police have arrested three accused based on the cross complaints from both sides and have begun investigation.

During the Ganesh sthapana at the business school, a first-year student Prachi Patel was allegedly told to move from a passage on the second floor in a rude manner by a senior named Yash Paneri, as per Patel’s complaint.

Claiming to be a senior, Paneri asserted that he would talk to Patel in that tone. He also mocked Patel and her friends, stating that they would not be allowed in the college.

The complaint states that Patel informed her father Gautam and brother Dhruvil, who arrived at the college in a Thar SUV. However, a group of 10 individuals including Paneri and his friend Vishwajit, with sticks in their hands created a ruckus at the institute, leading to Gautam falling unconscious when their car hit a wall.

Following that, Patel filed a complaint against 10 people at the Bopal police station.

In contrast, Paneri claimed that he asked Patel to move aside as a passage was built to place Ganesha’s idol. He claimed that the ruckus at the campus was created by Patel’s family members. The Thar, driven by Patel’s brother Dhruvil, rammed into the college gate and damaged a wall and a pole at the campus.

Commenting on the incident, Director Dr Neha Sharma said, “The incident took place during Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations on the campus. A brawl between two groups of students escalated, and the family of a student intervened and threatened the lives of the students and staff in the campus. Police action has been taken in this regard.”

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