The protests took place as the 76th academic council meeting was underway.
The protests took place as the 76th academic council meeting was underway.
The clamour for the removal of Hyderabad Central University (HCU) Vice-Chancellor Appa Rao Podile grew louder on Wednesday with fresh protests rocking the university, leading to the arrest of over 70students, reports said.
The students, who were protesting the ban on entry of media and other activists into the campus, attempted to enter the campus by scaling the main gates of the varsity, and tried to break past the barricade and heavy security to reach Podile's office.
The students raised slogans against the Vice chancellor and Union HRD Minister Smriti Irani.
The vice chancellor also found himself in fresh controversy on Tuesday over alleged plagiarism of three study papers.
The protests took place as the 76th academic council meeting was underway, which was deliberating the appointment of an equal opportunity cell among other things such as appointment of an ombudsman and anti-discrimination officer.The meeting comes on the heels of the high ranking the University achieved in the list announced by the government.
The varsity was hit by protests over suicide by a Dalit research student Rohith Vemula earlier this year, and recent agitation against resumption of duty by vice-chancellor Appa Rao Podile.
