Attacks – Others

Two separate police complaints have been lodged against the assistant professor of Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU),who was badly beaten up by a mob for sharing a Facebook post critical to former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. One FIR has been lodged against assistant professor Sanjay Kumar by a university colleague under SC & ST Act while another one by a local resident for hurting his and others sentiment by posting critical comment on Mr Vajpayee.

The assistant professor was beaten up by a group of people on August 17 over sharing comment criticising former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Facebook a day after his death on August 16. The professor was allegedly dragged out of his residence by the mob in Azad Nagar locality of Motihari town, stripped down to his undergarments and thrashed.

According to media reports, Mr Kumar had shared a post on Facebook questioning Mr Vajpayee’s political ideology. Subsequently, he had lodged an FIR at the town police station against 12 persons in connection with assault on him. The University, which came into functional existence in 2016, was closed on August 19 for an indefinite period over tension prevailing in the campus after the professor was beaten up.