PESHAWAR: The town police arrested seven students of Islamia College University for attempting to block the Jamurd Road following a clash with a rival organisation in the varsity on Friday.

A student belonging to Pakhtun Students Federation (PSF) was injured during the clash.

A police official said the clash broke out between PSF and Khalil Students Federation. He said following the clash, PSF workers tried to block the Jamrud Road, but the police took into custody seven of them, forcing others to disperse from the scene. He said a case would be registered against the students for trying to block the road.

The official said campus police were reviewing the footage from CCTV cameras and mobile phones of the students to identify more rioters to arrest them.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2020