AMU violence: Students to be served chargesheet within 15 days

AGRA: The fact-finding committee of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), probing the violent clash on the campus on February 12, will serve a chargesheet on the eight students involved in the incident.

AMU's proctor Mohsin Khan said that statements of both the groups involved in the clash have been recorded and a chargesheet will be served to them within a fortnight. He said that they will have to present themselves before the disciplinary committee thereafter.

A day after the clash, AMU authorities had suspended eight students for indiscipline and misconduct. While the first group comprised of Imran Khan, Abdul Mabood, Farhan Zubairi and Adil Khan, the other was led by LLM first year student Ajay Singh, who's the grandson of BJP MLA Dalveer Singh. Their suspensions were till the pending of the inquiry.

The varsity had also banned the entry of these students to the campus. One of these suspended students, Farhan Zubairi, was also among the 14 students booked by the police under charges of sedition, which was later dropped in absence of any concrete evidence.

After recording the statement, Ajay told media persons that he had submitted all photo evidences to the fact-finding committee. He said that he is innocent and was not involved in any violence. "If the varsity takes action against us, we will approach the court as we are not guilty," he said.

On February 12, a protest was held on the campus against a planned visit of AIMIM chief and Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi when AMU students allegedly had an altercation with the journalists of a news channel. Later, two different groups of students and Bhartiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) workers clashed outside the campus, leading to arson and damage of vehicles. Subsequently, four FIRs were registered.