Scores of students from Alliance University have taken to various social media platforms to alert authorities about the disruption of classes and chaos on the campus due to a family feud over running the institution.
They have sent tweets to Union Minister of Human Resource Development Prakash Javadekar and to the Prime Minister’s office. “Today, senior police officers came to our campus, but refused to answer our queries,” a student told The Hindu.
Brothers Madhukar Angur and Sudhir Angur have been fighting over ownership of the university for several years.
Police sources said that Mr. Sudhir filed a police complaint against Mr. Madhukar for causing violence on campus. An FIR has been registered for rioting, voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous weapons, among other charges. Several staff members have been removed.
Madhukar Angur said the allegations are baseless and that the police complaints are false. Mr. Sudhir could not be reached for his comments.
The two factions are divided on whether classes have resumed in the university. Mr. Madhukar says that the university has declared one-week leave while sources close to Mr. Sudhir stated that classes are functioning as usual.
Last week, Higher Education Minister Basavaraj Rayaraddi said that the government was mulling over taking control of the varsity as the academic cycle had been disrupted three times. Students have petitioned the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development and the University Grants Commission for help.
