Overview

• The student, Rajesh Janardan Balkhande, 52, has been protesting on campus for about 25 days over demands including a separate land allocation for the Pali language department.
• Police say the sit-in had earlier been declared illegal, with notices issued while he demonstrated at “Monkey Point” on the Kalina campus.
• During Rijiju’s visit for a foundation-stone event and an awards programme, security and police say Balkhande jumped a hostel wall and lay on the road to stop the convoy.
• A university security guard filed an FIR alleging Balkhande became aggressive and kicked him in the abdomen when staff tried to move him off the road.
• Officers took him to the BKC police station, registered a case under multiple BNS sections, issued a notice, and said he was not arrested; the minister’s events continued after a short delay.