An engineering student from Walchand Engineering College, Solapur, may be learning new things during his current course, but one law of physics — what goes up must come down — is definitely etched forever in his mind.u00a0On Wednesday, the cops in Ashta village police station in Sangli district were facing the growing aggression of villagers gathered outside demanding that their associates and friends, who were being detained, be released.

Unlucky: Karandwadi village resident Pravin Patil, being treated at a hospital in Ashta village after he was hit in the leg by a stray bullet. Patil was visiting relatives for Diwali and claims he was not a part of the protest. Pic/Hansraj Patil