Cong demands release of tribal students detained in Mumbai

Meanwhile, speaking to newsmen at the party head office Tilak Bhawan at Dadar West here today after being released by the police, the Congress-affiliated National Students' union of India (NSUI) Maharashtra president Sagar Salunkhe alleged that the Mumbai police treated tribal students from interior Maharashtra as if they were criminals. He said, "The tribal students had already informed the authorities that they would protest at Azad Maidan. These students came from Nashik to Mumbai but when they went to seek permission for their protest, they were denied permission to protest." Salunkhe said that tribal students, who are 15 years old,…