The Sharda University in Greater Noida has found eight students guilty of involvement in the violence that erupted on its campus last week between groups of Indian and Afghan students, and asked them to explain why they should not be expelled, officials said.


A three-member inquiry committee was constituted by the varsity on October 4 to look into the incidents of scuffle on the campus between October 1 and 4, a university spokesperson said Tuesday.


The inquiry report was submitted to the university authorities late on Monday evening, days after Gautam Buddh Nagar administration suspected the role of anti-social elements from outside in escalating "a minor scuffle into a communal issue".


According to the orders issued by the Registrar, eight students have been charge-sheeted (found guilty), 10 have been fined on disciplinary grounds, while four others suspended. Those charge-sheeted include Afghan students as well, the spokesperson told PTI.