BHU student protest: FIR against 1200 students, top cops shunted for lathicharge

Police have filed FIR against 1200 students of Banaras Hindu University (BHU) after their protest turned violent following lathicharge by cops. Here's all that has happened so far.

IndiaToday.in  | Edited by Shashank Shantanu
New Delhi, September 25, 2017 | UPDATED 10:23 IST

Hours after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered a probe into Saturday night's violence inside the prestigious Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus , the police have filed FIR against 1200 students.

More than a dozen students were detained on Sunday after their protest turned violent as the police used force to evict them. A video of a woman student being beaten with batons by cops added fuel to the row.

Station Officer (SO) Lanka, CO Bhelupur and one Additional City Magistrate (ACM) have been removed following the violence at the BHU campus.

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW:

  1. A group of students had staged a sit-in at the main gate of the university after a female student of the Arts Faculty was allegedly harassed by three motorcycle-borne men on the campus. The protesting students were allegedly lathicharged by the police on Saturday night.
  2. A number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a lathicharge by the police.
  3. The violence erupted after some students, protesting against the incident on Thursday, wanted to meet the vice chancellor at his residence.

    Heavy police personnel deployed at Banaras Hindu University. (PTI Photo

  4. Following the violence, the district administration declared holidays till October 2 in all colleges and universities in Varanasi. The BHU had earlier announced that the holidays would start from September 28.
  5. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath sought a report from the divisional commissioner about the incident.
  6. Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi slammed the BJP over the police lathicharge on woman students.
  7. Attaching a link to a video of the students who alleged that they were beaten up by male policemen at the campus,Gandhi tweeted, "BJP version of Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao in BHU."
  8. The BHU issued a statement last night saying that the 'dharna' by the students just a day before Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's visit was "politically motivated" to malign the image of the university.
  9. The university also said that security guards were regularly patrolling the campus and assistance from the police had been sought to maintain peace in the campus.
  10. Nearly 1,500 police personnel, including contingents of the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC), have been deployed to maintain law and order in the campus.

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