Tuesday, 4 February 2020

AMU proctor quits, 21 students booked for burning effigies of PM, others

According to police, the group of students, six of whom have been identified, had also written slogans of ‘Hindutva terror down down’, ‘Islamophobic Yogi’ on the effigies
The main entrance to Aligarh Muslim University. Photo: Dalip Kumar
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) proctor, Afifullah Khan, has resigned from the post without defining any reasons for the same. The resignation was accepted late on Tuesday night. The Vice Chancellor has appointed Professor Mohammad Wasim Ali of the Law Department as the new proctor.
The proctor’s resignation comes days after AMU students launched an agitation demanding the resignations of Vice Chancellor Tariq Mansoor and Registrar Abdul Hamid in the wake of the campus violence on December 15. Meanwhile, 21 students of Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) were booked by the Aligarh police on Tuesday night for allegedly burning effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on the campus on Monday evening.
According to police, the group of students, six of whom have been identified, had also written slogans of ‘Hindutva terror down down’, ‘Islamophobic Yogi’ on the effigies. They had burnt the effigies and raised slogans on the campus. Civil Lines circle officer Anil Samaniya said that the students have been booked under section 6 of Uttar Pradesh Special Power Act 1932 and section 153 A (promoting enmity between different groups on ground of religion) of Indian Penal Code (IPC) at the Civil Lines police station…

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