BHU students' protests take a violent turn as police lathicharge women; Yogi Adityanath orders inquiry
Students’ protest at Benaras Hindu University (BHU) against the increasing incidents of eve-teasing inside the campus turned violent on Saturday
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Students’ protest at Benaras Hindu University (BHU) against the increasing incidents of eve-teasing inside the campus turned violent on Saturday night as a group of protesting students trying to enter the vice-chancellor’s residence clashed with the police. PTI
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Several female students were injured when the police allegedly used force to remove protesters from outside the vice-chancellor’s residence. The students claimed that the police lathicharged them and pulled them by the hair. PTI
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Police and paramilitary personnel were deployed to control the protests which erupted against the administration’s alleged victim-shaming after one of them reported an incident of molestation on Thursday. Yogi Adityanath ordered an inquiry into the violence on Saturday night. PTI
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An injured policeman after clashes between the students and police at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, late Saturday night. BHU vice-chancellor Girish Chandra Tripathi blamed people from outside the university for the violence. PTI
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Uttar Pradesh Congress president Raj Babbar and other leaders were detained after they held a protest in support of BHU students in Varanasi on Sunday. PTI
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Indian Youth Congress activists also held a protest against the violence with female students in BHU, in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI
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