Eight arrested for assaulting Gorakhpur University VC, ransacking his workplace in UP
3 min readBy PTI
GORAKHPUR: A day after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University VC Prof Rajesh Singh was assaulted and his workplace ransacked by a gaggle of scholars, the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested eight folks.
“We have arrested Shakti Singh, Prince Tiwari, Shubham Govind Rao, Shivam Pandey, Alok Gupta, Rishabh Singh, Mayank Rai and Shravan Kumar Mishra,” Superintendent of Police (metropolis) Krishna Kumar mentioned.
A case was registered beneath IPC sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 427 (mischief inflicting injury), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 308 (try to commit culpable murder), 332 (voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage public servant from his obligation), 353 (assault or felony pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), and beneath the Criminal Law Amendment Act on the idea of a grievance by varsity proctor Satyapal Singh, he mentioned.
The police, nevertheless, didn’t specify whether or not the arrested individuals are college students, contractors or outsiders.
According to reviews, the accused ransacked the vice chancellor’s workplace and likewise beat him up in addition to the registrar, police and administrative officers, and varsity staff on Friday.
The heads of varied departments of the varsity condemned the incident on Saturday and demanded that stern motion be taken towards those that disturbed the peace of the varsity.
They additionally appealed to the academics to forestall the scholars from being misled.
In a press release issued by the varsity’s media division Friday night, it mentioned FIR has been registered towards those that had created ruckus and the scholars concerned in it have been expelled from the varsity with rapid impact.
“Some folks, together with college students, entered forcefully within the administrative block on Friday at 11 am, they usually began creating ruckus within the premises.
They broken window glasses, plant pots, chairs and VC’s four-wheeler, and likewise locked the VC, finance officer, registrar and proctor,” it mentioned.
“Some external elements were trying to motivate the students in a planned conspiracy. Some contractors were also involved in the incident and they have been blacklisted. Some of the teachers were also found to be involved and action will be taken against them,” the press be aware added.
GORAKHPUR: A day after Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gorakhpur University VC Prof Rajesh Singh was assaulted and his workplace ransacked by a gaggle of scholars, the Uttar Pradesh police on Saturday arrested eight folks.
“We have arrested Shakti Singh, Prince Tiwari, Shubham Govind Rao, Shivam Pandey, Alok Gupta, Rishabh Singh, Mayank Rai and Shravan Kumar Mishra,” Superintendent of Police (metropolis) Krishna Kumar mentioned.
A case was registered beneath IPC sections 147 (punishment for rioting), 427 (mischief inflicting injury), 342 (punishment for wrongful confinement), 308 (try to commit culpable murder), 332 (voluntarily inflicting damage to discourage public servant from his obligation), 353 (assault or felony pressure to discourage public servant from discharge of his obligation), and beneath the Criminal Law Amendment Act on the idea of a grievance by varsity proctor Satyapal Singh, he mentioned.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
The police, nevertheless, didn’t specify whether or not the arrested individuals are college students, contractors or outsiders.
According to reviews, the accused ransacked the vice chancellor’s workplace and likewise beat him up in addition to the registrar, police and administrative officers, and varsity staff on Friday.
The heads of varied departments of the varsity condemned the incident on Saturday and demanded that stern motion be taken towards those that disturbed the peace of the varsity.
They additionally appealed to the academics to forestall the scholars from being misled.
In a press release issued by the varsity’s media division Friday night, it mentioned FIR has been registered towards those that had created ruckus and the scholars concerned in it have been expelled from the varsity with rapid impact.
“Some folks, together with college students, entered forcefully within the administrative block on Friday at 11 am, they usually began creating ruckus within the premises.
They broken window glasses, plant pots, chairs and VC’s four-wheeler, and likewise locked the VC, finance officer, registrar and proctor,” it mentioned.
“Some external elements were trying to motivate the students in a planned conspiracy. Some contractors were also involved in the incident and they have been blacklisted. Some of the teachers were also found to be involved and action will be taken against them,” the press be aware added.
