Four students of BJ Medical College sustained grievous injuries after five persons assaulted them with iron rods over a parking dispute on Wednesday night. The accused are contract workers who have been appointed to collect parking fees under the pay and park scheme at Sassoon Hospital, where the incident took place on Wednesday night.

Agitation: MNVS activists and BJ Medical College students protest at the Sassoon hospital, demanding the arrest of parking contractor yesterday; (right) injured student Sunil Gadre. Pics/Mohan Patil

The injured students have been identified as Sumant Sugriv Thombare (22), Ravindra Survase (21), Sunil Gadre (20) and Nitesh Shetliyar, who are pursuing the BSc Nursing course at the college.