Varanasi: Violence in BHU campus over arrest of Samajwadi Party student leader

Varanasi, Dec 20 (PTI) A group of students of the Banaras Hindu University today set a school bus on fire and damaged half a dozen vehicles and an AT...

The bus that was torched by a group of students who were protesting against the arrest of a student leader affiliated to the Samajwadi Party at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

VARANASI: A group of students of the Banaras Hindu University today set a school bus on fire and damaged half a dozen vehicles and an ATM cubicle inside the campus to protest the arrest of their leader.

Ashutosh Singh -- a member of Samajwadi Party's student wing -- was arrested for allegedly creating ruckus during a cultural event of IIT-BHU a few months ago, police said.

The protesters broke the windows of nearly half a dozen vehicles and smashed the glass door of an ATM, police said.

"They locked the main gate of the campus and cut the wires of the CCTV cameras installed near the gate," an official said.

Heavy police force deployed at BHU after a violent protest over the arrest of a student leader affiliated to the Samajwadi Party in Varanasi on Wednesday. (PTI Photo)

In September this year, a number of students, including women, and two journalists were injured in a lathicharge by the police in the BHU campus after a protest against an alleged eve-teasing incident turned violent.