Several groups of youngsters, a majority of them students of Class 10 and 12, hit the streets across Maharashtra on Monday in a surprise protest demanding online Board exams.
In Mumbai, police had to use force in Dharavi — also the constituency of the School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad — to disperse the crowd. While the Opposition alleged lathicharge on students, the authorities have denied the claim. The police is also investigating reports of a YouTuber, known as Hindustani Bhau, for allegedly inflammatory comments and provoking the students.
