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Uttar Pradesh government removes city magistrates and policemen in connection with BHU campus violence
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Uttar Pradesh government removes city magistrates and policemen in connection with BHU campus violence

| @indiablooms | 25 Sep 2017, 03:16 pm
Varanasi, Sep 25 (IBNS): The Uttar Pradesh government has removed three additional city magistrates and two policemen in connection with baton-charge on students in Benaras Hindu University in Varanasi, according to media reports on Monday.

Meanwhile, the police on Monday has filed a first information report (FIR) against nearly 1000 BHU students for arson, media reported.

The BHU campus remained tense on Sunday night following the scuffle between agitators and police, reports said.

At least seven people, including women and journalists, sustained injuries  during the lathicharge.

The dissenters were protesting an alleged sexual harassment, media reports said.

The protests started on the night of Sep 21, when students of a girl's hostel sat in protest following the sexual harassment of a student of visual arts near Bharat Kala Bhawan, a Times of India report said.

The girl alleged that she was assaulted by three bike riders and added that the campus security guard, who was standing within 100 metres, didn't react.

In its statement, the BHU said that the protests were politically motivated, to malign the image of the university as Prime Minister Narendra Modi was visiting Varanasi at that time.

The ongoing incident has forced state Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to intervene; he has asked for a detailed report.

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