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Revealed: Thursday, Can also 19, 2022, 9: 33 [IST]
Novel Delhi, Can also 19: A Lucknow University professor changed into once allegedly assaulted by a pupil on the campus on Wednesday, days after he triggered an argument along with his remarks on the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
The incident came about around 1 pm out of doorways the proctor’s office.
Lucknow University “Karthik Pandey, a pupil leader, got here to me and started hurling abuses and casteist slurs at me and hit me,” Professor Ravi Kant Chandan of the university’s Hindi division acknowledged, per data agency PTI.
Two guards accompanying the professor overpowered the pupil and handed him over to the police.
“I even dangle filed a criticism with the police regarding the incident. This incident reveals that my lifestyles is below fixed threat,” the professor acknowledged.
The pupil, Kartik Pandey, is an officer bearer of the Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, a pupil outfit of the Samajwadi Social gathering. He changed into once ousted from the outfit hours after the incident.
Lucknow University spokesperson Durgesh Srivastav acknowledged Karthik Pandey changed into once suspended for attacking the professor. A committee has been shaped to study the topic, he added.
The attack comes a week after an FIR changed into once registered in opposition to the professor for allegedly hurting Hindu non secular sentiments amongst other costs per the criticism by the ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad). He changed into once accused of making objectionable comments over the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi advanced in Varanasi at some stage in a debate on a net based portal.
(PTI)
Memoir first published: Thursday, Can also 19, 2022, 9: 33 [IST]