BHU Molestation Case: Universities, Degree Colleges In Varanasi to Remain Closed Until Further Notice
According to the letter written by SSP RK Bhardwaj to the vice-chancellor, dated September 24, the varsity has been given time till tomorrow to make the change or else face action. In his letter, Bhardwaj has also cited an order dated December 3, 2016, when the then district magistrate had issued a similar order. (Image: File)
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View In AppBHU students have alleged they have to face eve-teasers on the campus regularly and the varsity administration was not taking any action to stop the miscreants. The violence erupted after some students, protesting against the incident on Thursday, wanted to meet the varsity's vice chancellor at his residence. (Image: File)
Senior officials including District Magistrate Yogeshwar Ram Mishra and SP (city) Dinesh Singh reached the campus along with a large posse of police. Nearly 1500 policemen including PAC personnel have been deployed in and around the campus to maintain law and order in the campus. Photo: PTI
The security guards of the university stopped them and the police was informed, according to the University sources. The students then indulged in stone-pelting, they said. Police used lathicharge to control the situation. Photo: PTI
The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus on Saunday witnessed violence by students who were lathicharged by the police, in an ugly turn of a protest against an alleged eve-teasing incident. A number of students and policemen were reportedly injured in the clashes, police sources said. Photo: PTI
The BHU students have been protesting near the university's main gate since Thursday against the rising eve-teasing incidents on the campus. The trigger was an incident in which a woman student of Arts faculty alleged harassment by three men on a motorcycle inside the campus while she was returning to her hostel. The three men abused her and fled when she resisted their attempts, according to the complainant. Photo: PTI
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