Allahabad university vandalised over student's death

July 12, 2023 20:27

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Students of Allahabad university on Wednesday scuffled with teachers and vandalised some offices on the campus over the death of a student under "suspicious circumstances", the varsity said.

Some miscreants from outside led by student leader Ajay Yadav Samrat vandalised the university campus and indulged in indecent behaviour and scuffled with women in which some women teachers were injured, a university spokesperson claimed.

According to the statement, the miscreants vandalised the Hindi and Sanskrit departments besides damaging some documents at the proctor's office.

Ashutosh Kumar Dubey (22), a student in the fifth semester of Media Studies at the university, was found unconscious in front of the students' union building on Tuesday.

He was taken by other students to SRN Hospital where doctors declared him brought dead, additional commissioner of police (Shivkuti) Rajesh Kumar Yadav said.

The university administration, in its statement, said that the death of the student on the campus was unfortunate and claimed that it has nothing to do with the varsity.

It was an accident that happened on campus, it said.

The spokesperson claimed Dubey was under a lot of stress due to his family circumstances and this also affected his diet. -- PTI

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