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Pro Afzal slogan-posters at JU: Guv seeks report, protester receives death threat
Kolkata/Siliguri, Feb 18 (IBNS): West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Thursday said that he has sought reports from the state government on anti-national slogan issue at Jadavpur University (JU).
Tripathi went to Siliguri city in north Bengal to join a convocation programme at Uttarbanga University.
After the event, when was asked about the incident, Keshari Nath Tripathi said, "I have called for a report from the Vice-Chancellor and also from the Chief Secretary. Let the report come to me. Then I will decide what is to be done.".jpg)
Protesting against the Centre's handling of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) row, few students of Jadavpur University on Tuesday held a rally in the city, from where slogans in favour of Parliament attack convict Afzal Guru and separatist Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani were raised.
Few posters against the hanging of Afzal Guru and 1993 Mumbai serial blast convict Yakub Memon were also found on Wednesday inside JU campus.
The Union Home Ministry has already sought reports, regarding the incident, from the state government, sources said.
Meanwhile, a woman post-graduate student of JU- Triparna Dey Sarkar- has lodged a complaint at Jadavpur Police Station, alleging that she is continuously receiving death threats along with slang comments, after taking part in the solidarity rally with JNU, from few people in social networking site- Facebook.
"I did not shout those slogans, which created controversy, that day. I neither support separatism nor against the hanging of Afzal Guru," she said.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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