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VARANASI: Benaras Hindu University (BHU) campus erupted on Monday after an assistant professor in the department of sociology was assaulted by a group of students over alleged objectionable comments on social media against women students. An FIR was registered against a student, Anant Narayan Mishra, and 10 other students and on a complaint from girl students, Verma has also been booked." While assistant professor Verma was booked by Lanka police for criminal intimidation, stalking and intent to outrage modesty, he filed a counter FIR against students for assault, criminal conspiracy and sections of SC/ST Act.Lanka police inspector Bharat Bhushan said, "After receiving complaints from both sides, we lodged two FIRs. However, he later deleted it.In September 2017, BHU was rocked by violence after a girl student was harassed on the campus and students staged dharna at the main gate after the departure of PM Narendra Modi "Sources in BHU claimed Verma allegedly posted a photograph of a girl student with a senior faculty member of the department on social media and made objectionable remarks..