Students strike in Assam University enters 10th day

The indefinite hunger

strike by students of Assam University here over the rustication of a research scholar entered the 10th day on Wednesday.

The students under the aegis of the Assam University Students' Union are on hunger strike since February 10 with a host of demands, including withdrawal of rustication order of Milan Das, withdrawal of FIR against him and assurance of no action against the agitating students.

Assam University is a Central University.

With the students sitting in front of the main gate and not allowing anyone to enter the campus, including the Vice-Chancellor and office staff, the functioning of the varsity has come to a standstill.

The Executive Council meeting of the Central university on Tuesday was held outside the campus at Radhamadhab college due to the agitation.

The meeting which continued till late Tuesday night, failed to arrive at a decision over a letter written by Das, a research scholar of the Ecology and Environmental Sciences ...