Archive · 31 Jul 2026
Rajasthan Police Arrest Student Leader to Prevent Bhumi Samadhi Protest
A student named Lakshyaraj Singh wanted to do a special protest called a Bhumi Samadhi, which means burying himself alive, at Rajasthan University.
The police stopped him and took him to jail.
Some students were upset and protested his arrest.
Other students were also protesting by sitting on a water tank in a nearby area.
Meanwhile, a student named Shubham Revaad was on a hunger strike at a hospital and had to go to the ICU.
The protests are about wanting to hold student union elections that were stopped in 2022 by the government.
Rajasthan police arrested student leader Lakshyaraj Singh to stop a planned Bhumi Samadhi protest.
Singh had intended to dig a pit on the Rajasthan University campus on Friday.
Students protested his arrest, while other activists sat on a water tank tower in Tonk Phatak.
A separate hunger strike by Shubham Revaad continued at SMS Hospital, now in ICU.
Student union elections were suspended in 2022 by the Congress-led government; NSUI is demanding their resumption.
- Who
- Lakshyaraj Singh, a student leader of the National Students' Union of India
- What
- Arrested by police to prevent a planned Bhumi Samadhi protest
- When
- Friday
- Where
- Rajasthan University campus, with related protests at Tonk Phatak and SMS Hospital
- Why
- To stop the protest and because of ongoing agitation for the resumption of suspended student union elections
- Arrested Person
- Lakshyaraj Singh
- Location
- Rajasthan University campus
- Event
- Bhumi Samadhi protest
- Date
- Friday
- Context
- Student union elections suspended 2022