Tension prevailed at the gate of the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras after police prevented a few outfits from holding demonstrations condemning the attack on R. Sooraj, a Ph.D scholar inside the campus.
Sooraj, a member of Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle, was attacked by a group of students on Tuesday for participating in a beef eating festival organised by another group of students on Sunday.
Expecting trouble around the campus, the city police cordoned off the area around IIT early on Wednesday and police personnel along with guards were deployed at all gates. Visitors were allowed inside only after verification.
Around 100 activists of Revolutionary Students and Youth Front (RSYF) appeared at the front gate holding placards against the Centre and squatted on the road. A scuffle ensued when the police had to evict them forcefully. After a struggle, they, along with a few children, were taken into custody by police.
Sooraj, who was taken to the Institute’s hospital on Tuesday night, was later shifted to Apollo Hospital for surgery to set right a fractured cheek bone.
On Tuesday, he was taken to Sankara Nethralaya where a CT scan was done
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