Muzaffarabad [PoK], February 16 (ANI): Police resorted to baton charge at a university in the city of Muzaffarabad in Pakistan occupied Kashmir (PoK) in a bid to disperse a group of protesting students, a media report said on Wednesday.

The students were demonstrating on Tuesday for holding online exams due to the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Dawn newspaper reported.

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Police took some 50 students into custody but they were later released in the evening after a commitment that they would not disturb the exam process.

According to the university officials, the same group of students had also created a ruckus on the city campus last week. They had urged the varsity to go for online exams.

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But the demand could not be met given the guidelines by the Higher Education Commission. (ANI)

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