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Bengal
Engineering and Science University (BESU) is gradually become normal
with lifting of curfew under Section
CrPc
144. Recently there was a violent student clash between SFI (Student
Federation of India) and
Independent Consolidation (IC). SFI controlled the PG students union
while IC controlled undergraduate union. The unrest was triggered by
the authorities after declaring 140 students "discollegiate", which is
they will not be permitted to sit their exams as they failed to get
necessary seventy five percent attendance. All other students boycott
the exam and they started protesting at their respective Unions.
Violence irrupted when IC students union members attacked a SFI peace
rally, and one of the professor of the mining department get head
injuries when IC students union members started brickbatting. Due to
prolong clashes between both the union the Election failed to taken
place in due time. Now the University authorities declared both the
Union illegal after the clash. Both the student union reacted for
stating the respected unions illegal, their spoke person told that the
University can not declare the Unions illegal before announcing the
date of a election. While University representative told the academic
council will handle the dispute. |