Kolkata, SRFTI has rusticated six students for allegedly assaulting the vice-chancellor and staff members and violating campus discipline, an institute official said, as the students’ agitation over campus security entered its 18th day on Friday.
The students further alleged that Ajmera had called the police to the campus and that a general diary entry had been made mentioning the names of the union’s president and general secretary . They claimed that the campus security in-charge had informed the police that security personnel had neither noticed nor witnessed any such incident. Accusing the administration of using the police to intimidate protesters, the students reiterated their demand for Ajmera’s resignation.
The students claimed that an agreement reached after a 16-day protest in 2024 required the administration to inform the union and involve it in deciding the locations for CCTV cameras on campus.
The students’ union, meanwhile, accused Vice-Chancellor Santosh Ajmera of violating an earlier agreement on the installation of CCTV cameras on campus and alleged that police were called in to intimidate protesters demanding his resignation. In a statement issued on Thursday night, the union said the incident took place on the 17th day of the ongoing agitation, when students learnt that CCTV cameras were being installed on the first floor of the administrative building without prior intimation to the union.
