FIR lodged against BHU chief proctor

Varanasi | Wednesday | 5th December, 2018

Summary:

Later a video of protesters being removed forcefully by proctorial board personnel went viral following which a nursing student Manju alleged that chief proctor slapped her.On Tuesday evening, Lanka police lodged an FIR against BHU chief proctor Royana Singh on Manju's complaint. An FIR was also against 125 nursing students for blocking road and other sections on the complaint of chief proctor, said inspector Bharat Bhushan. The protests demanding removal of chief proctor intensified from November 29 after BSc nursing students staged a sit-in demanding recognition of their college by the Indian Nursing Council (INC). VARANASI: A day after allegations by a nursing student that her family was being coerced to withdraw police complaint against the chief proctor , several students of Banaras Hindu University carried out a procession on Tuesday demanding her removal.The unrest on BHU campus started with protests by a group of law students debarred from exams due to short attendance..