<p>Patan: The Opposition Congress on Monday held a protest at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) here after no police case was registered against three youths caught drinking alcohol in a hostel room on December 8.</p>.<p>The protest was led by Patan Congress MLA Kirit Patel while the participants were from the National Students' Union of India (NSUI).</p>.<p>Following Patel's threat to sit on a fast outside vice chancellor KC Poria's chamber, the university administration wrote a letter urging Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to give necessary instruction to the local police to lodge a complaint.</p>.23-year-old man kills mother for refusing to give money for liquor in Odisha.<p>On December 8, three basketball players from Anand district, who were allotted a room in the boys hostel by the administration ahead of their district-level tournament in Patan, were caught consuming liquor.</p>.<p>The staff handed them over to the police, which let them off without any action, Patel told reporters.</p>.<p>"Such incidents are happening on a regular basis in the campus but no action is being taken. The police did not take any concrete action despite the trio having tried to run over a varsity employee while attempting to flee in their car on December 8," Patel claimed.</p>.<p>"The University registrar and vice chancellor claimed they had given a complaint to police (but FIR was not registered). We demanded that the administration write to the CM and Home Minister if the police was not filing an FIR despite getting a complaint. We staged a protest over this demand outside the VC's chamber," the MLA said.</p>.<p>During the protest, Patel and some police personnel on the site indulged in a verbal duel after he was refused entry into the vice chancellor's chamber.</p>.<p>The protest was called off after the vice chancellor wrote a letter to the CM and minister of state for home.</p>.<p>"When the incident took place on the night of December 8, the university administration had asked police to take appropriate action. Later, after getting a representation from NSUI, we again requested the police to lodge an FIR a few days ago. We took all necessary steps at that time," the vice chancellor said.</p>.<p>"Today, as sought by MLA Kirit Patel, we have sent a letter to the chief minister for further action. We have also shared the copy of the letter with the MLA," he added.</p>.<p>Gujarat is a dry state where total prohibition is in force.</p>
<p>Patan: The Opposition Congress on Monday held a protest at Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) here after no police case was registered against three youths caught drinking alcohol in a hostel room on December 8.</p>.<p>The protest was led by Patan Congress MLA Kirit Patel while the participants were from the National Students' Union of India (NSUI).</p>.<p>Following Patel's threat to sit on a fast outside vice chancellor KC Poria's chamber, the university administration wrote a letter urging Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel to give necessary instruction to the local police to lodge a complaint.</p>.23-year-old man kills mother for refusing to give money for liquor in Odisha.<p>On December 8, three basketball players from Anand district, who were allotted a room in the boys hostel by the administration ahead of their district-level tournament in Patan, were caught consuming liquor.</p>.<p>The staff handed them over to the police, which let them off without any action, Patel told reporters.</p>.<p>"Such incidents are happening on a regular basis in the campus but no action is being taken. The police did not take any concrete action despite the trio having tried to run over a varsity employee while attempting to flee in their car on December 8," Patel claimed.</p>.<p>"The University registrar and vice chancellor claimed they had given a complaint to police (but FIR was not registered). We demanded that the administration write to the CM and Home Minister if the police was not filing an FIR despite getting a complaint. We staged a protest over this demand outside the VC's chamber," the MLA said.</p>.<p>During the protest, Patel and some police personnel on the site indulged in a verbal duel after he was refused entry into the vice chancellor's chamber.</p>.<p>The protest was called off after the vice chancellor wrote a letter to the CM and minister of state for home.</p>.<p>"When the incident took place on the night of December 8, the university administration had asked police to take appropriate action. Later, after getting a representation from NSUI, we again requested the police to lodge an FIR a few days ago. We took all necessary steps at that time," the vice chancellor said.</p>.<p>"Today, as sought by MLA Kirit Patel, we have sent a letter to the chief minister for further action. We have also shared the copy of the letter with the MLA," he added.</p>.<p>Gujarat is a dry state where total prohibition is in force.</p>