No entry in class, Lucknow University student calls police

LUCKNOW: High drama was witnessed at Lucknow University on Wednesday when a woman student of MA (Arabic) first year called police after being denied entry to the classroom by a teacher for allegedly coming late for lecture.
According to eye-witnesses, Prof Aslam Islahi was taking his class when the student turned up and entered the classroom in the middle of the lecture. The professor asked her to leave as he does with other students who come late to class or resort to indiscipline.
However, the woman started arguing with the teacher and later called police dialing 112 alleging that she was being harassed. She told police that the teacher has always been biased against her as she belongs to a "different sect".
This led to a heated conversation between the student and the teacher.
Hearing the cacophony, students and teachers of other departments also gathered at the spot.
Police did not intervene because the student refused to give any written complaint against the teacher. Later, the woman also left the place and refused to speak to the media persons present on the spot.
However, teachers of the Arabic department collectively lodged a complaint at the proctor office against the student claiming that she had been giving a tough time to the faculty members through her attitude.
"We expect that the university administration will take some action against her for indiscipline," said Islahi.
Another teacher said the student addresses teachers and officials disrespectfully and keeps pointing out flaws in everything in the department, including washrooms, syllabus and lectures.
"She even takes teachers to task if they are late for a class by a few minutes," he added.
Students, however, were divided over the issue.
Some of them said not all the issues raised by the woman are wrong.
"If students can be denied entry for coming late to the lecture, why can't a teacher be held accountable for coming late to the class," said a student. Also, another student added, the condition of washrooms was indeed bad.
Proctor Rakesh Dwivedi said: "It's a sensitive matter and the said student seems to need counselling. Hence, we have requested the psychology department to extend help to her."