AMU VC to lodge FIR against police 'excesses'

January 15, 2020 09:00

Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University Prof Tariq Mansoor said that the university fill file an FIR against the UP police for entering varsity hostel without due permission.

On December 15, the vice-chancellor gave police permission to enter the campus 'to maintain law and order' after an attempt to prevent students from taking out a protest march in solidarity with Jamia Millia University students resulted in violence at its gates.

The V-C said that the police were given permission to restore peace at the campus and not enter the residential hostels. "Police have crossed the mandate given to them by entering the university hostel," the statement by V-C said.

The police action in one of the university hostel had resulted in several injuries to students.

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