BHU student's arrest sparks arson, violence

VARANASI: Violence broke out on the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus on Wednesday after a student, Ashutosh Singh of Samajwadi Chhatra Sabha, was arrested for creating ruckus during a cultural show hosted by IIT-BHU on November 10.
Infuriated at Ashotosh's arrest, his supporters started damaging vehicles on the campus and also torched a school bus. They also damaged the CCTV camera network.Chief proctor Royana Singh said that the students could not be identified as they had covered their faces with scarfs. Efforts are being made to identify them from the CCTV footage collected, she added. Stern action would be taken against the students involved in violence, she said, assuring that the security personnel have restored normalcy on the campus. Lanka police station SHO Sanjeev Mishra told TOI that a complaint made by BHU has been received and action would be taken accordingly.
BHU has witnessed repeated bouts of unrest for the past couple of months. Following the incident of a sexual assault of a girl on September 21, violence had erupted on the campus a couple of days later.