JU: Students start hunger strike to remove VC
They students are protesting in front of the main administrative building of Jadavapur University, Aurobinda Bhawan. At least ten students began the strike while many others participated in sit-in demonstration.
Fasting students said their hunger strike would continue till VC of JU Abhijeet Chakraborty resigned.
The student unrest which began with a molestation incident on the campus last year peaked after a Sept 16, 2014 crackdown on students during the night when the VC called police to remove the protesters from the main administrative building.
The police had cracked down on agitating protesters and arrested 37 students that night.
(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)
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