HYDERABAD: A clash took place at the Sindh University (SU) Jamshoro campus on Monday when police and Rangers stopped activists of the Jeay Sindh Students Federation (JSSF) coming from various universities were stopped from holding a public meeting and taking out a rally in violation of a ban.

Activists of the JSSF, affliliated with the banned Jeay Sindh Muttahida Mahaz (JSMM), from the Sindh University, Mehran University of Engineering and Technology and Sindh Agriculture University, Tandojam, were about to hold a public meeting on the campus to observe ‘Yaum-i-Sindh’ but the law-enforcement agencies intervened to implement the ban.

Police said that some of the activists started pelting the law-enforcement agencies personnel and vehicles. Police first used batons and then fired into the air to disperse them, they said.

However, the situation aggravated as the activists continued to make attempts to take out a rally and attack the LEA personnel.

In the ensuing crackdown, 25 activists were rounded up on the campus and some other localities of Jamshoro, the police said.

Jamshoro SSP Syed Wasi Hyder said all detained activists belonged to the JSSF who were later booked for destroying peaceful atmosphere on the SU campus.