FIR against prof, 250 others for stir over Hindi

Mumbai: A case was registered on Friday against professor Deepak Pawar of the University of Mumbai and some 250 others who had staged a protest against government resolutions (GR) introducing Hindi as a third language in schools in Maharashtra, police said.Copies of the GR introducing Hindi as a third language from Class 1 had been burnt during the event on June 29.Sena UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray, some other opposition leaders and a few Marathi actors had also attended the protest, but their names did not figure in the FIR. No permission was taken for the protest which took place outside the BMC in south Mumbai, said a police official. Names of political leaders would likely be added to FIR after probe is over, said a police official at Azad Maidan police station. No arrest has been made. pti