14 BHU Students Suspended for ‘Disturbing Academic Ambience’ during 2023 Protests over Gangrape Case
Shikha Salaria | 03 October 2024 | The Print
Close to a year after student protests rocked Banaras Hindu University (BHU) over the alleged gangrape of an IIT-BHU student, the institution has suspended 14 students for indiscipline and disturbing the “academic ambience in the university” during the protests.
The suspended students are from various student organisations. Seven are members of the Bhagat Singh Students’ Morcha (BSM), three are from the All India Students’ Association (AISA), one each from the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and the DISHA Students’ Organisation, and two are office-bearers of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI)…