AMU clash: Varsity’ disciplinary committee to decide fate of eight student

Agra | Monday | 25th February, 2019

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He had said that the AMU administration and the students, who have been booked in the recent fracas, will be responsible if anything happened to him or his supporters. In his memorandum to SSP Aligarh, Akash Kulhari, Ajay had said that there was threat to his and his supporters’ lives. He said, “We don’t trust the proctor, registrar and PRO of the varsity and we need security at the proctor’s office.”Notably, Ajay had demanded security from UP police as he feared threat to his life. One of the suspended students, Farhan Zubairi, was also among the 14 students booked by police under charges of sedition , which was later dropped in the absence of any concrete evidence.When contacted, varsity spokesperson Shafey Kidwai said that the date of disciplinary committee meeting will be finalised once we receive the report from the fact-finding committee. He said that the meeting will be chaired by vice chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor.Meanwhile, apprehending violence on campus, the BJP Aligarh unit has urged the district administration to provide security to Ajay Singh and other students on Monday.BJP’s Aligarh media in-charge and ex-student of AMU Nishit Sharma said that their associates will provide security to Ajay and other students if the administration does not do so..