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University security lathicharges scribes, 6 injured

Varanasi, Feb 26 (UNI) At least six mediapersons were injured, when securitymen at the Mahatama Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith (MGKV) University lathicharged them here today.

The incident occurred when students associated with All India Student Association (AISA) were protesting the recent misconduct with a girl student by a varsity teacher.

The MGKV proctorial board first used force to disperse the agitated students and then lathicharhed the mediapersons covering the incident.

Six scribes Ajay Singh, Devesh, Vijay Junior, Ajay Mishra, Tushar Rai and Rohit Singh were injured. The video-camera of Rohit Singh was also broken.

Agiated over the incident, scribes and students demonstrated at Sigra police station. The varsity students also damaged a car.

A case was later registered against chief proctor Mahesh Vikram Singh and Gautam Chaterjee, a former journalist and presently an MGKV teacher, who had allegedly misbehaved with a student of Master of Music course on February 21.

The demonstration ended following assurance of swift action by SSP Sujit Pandey.

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