Members of the Students’ Federation of India (SFI) on Monday protested near the zonal office of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) here, over the controversies surrounding the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET). Police detained around 30 members of the SFI, who attempted to stage a protest outside the CBSE’s Chennai regional office in Anna Nagar against NEET. Around 50 SFI members took out a march towards the CBSE office to register their protest against NEET and to demand that the entrance exam — that was held on Sunday — be cancelled. However, the protesting students were detained by police even before they could reach the office.
The SFI staged a protest in the wake of a 46-year-old man from Tiruvarur in Tamil Nadu…