Visva Bharati Students Stop Vice-Chancellor's Car, Deny Searching It

The students, protesting against the rustication of three of their fellow students since August 27, rushed to the white sedan as it came out of the gate and stopped it, a university official said.

Agitating students of Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan, who have launched a sit-in near the official residence of Vice-Chancellor Bidyut Chakraborty, on Tuesday allegedly stopped his vehicle when it came out of the quarters. The students, protesting against the rustication of three of their fellow students since August 27, rushed to the white sedan as it came out of the gate and stopped it, a university official said. An earlier report, quoting the official, had said that the students had searched the car which had no occupant except the driver. 'Visva-Bharati Chhatra-Chhatri Oikyo', the platform of the protesting students, claimed in a statement that they had only rushed to the car, mistaking that the VC was sitting inside, and did not carry out any search.