Student protest against the authorities at Visva-Bharati University (VBU) in West Bengal is mounting and has reached a tipping point just couple of days after the university decided to rusticate three students. The VBU authorities have decided to rusticate three masters’ degree students, who are also part of the student organisation VB Student’s Unity (VBSU), for three years for alleged indiscipline and misconduct. Besides, two professors, who had in February lodged a police complaint against the authorities for allegedly detaining them at the office, have been suspended. While students have been protesting since last week against the rustication of the three students, on Monday, about hundred of individuals were allegedly called to the campus by the Vice-Chancellor to break up the student dharna, the protesters said.
— source newsclick.in | 31 Aug 2021