University of Hyderabad penalises 3 students for Shaheen Bagh night event

HYDERABAD: The University of Hyderabad (UoH) penalised three students on Tuesday for organising ‘Shaheen Bagh night event’ on January 31 against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, National Register of Citizens and National Register of Population.
An incident report submitted by the security officer stated that three students — Faseeh Ahmed EK, Sahana Pradeep and AS Adish — were involved in organising the ‘Shaheenbagh night event’ from 9pm on January 31 to 2.30am on February 1.
They were “also involved in painting graffiti and defacing walls at the north shopping complex, inspite of instructions from the security personnel not to conduct the events as there was no permission to organise events after 9pm,” read the order issued by the UoH registrar P Sardar Singh.
The university imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 on each student and asked them to remit the amount to Gurubaksh Singh students assistance fund in the finance and accounts department within 10 days. Those penalised were surprised to learn that the university directly imposed a fine without issuing any show-cause notice. “Generally, the university first issues a show-cause notice then the matter goes to the proctorial board. But in this case, we were directly penalised without even giving us any opportunity to explain,” said Faseeh.