Overview
- Students at Maharana Pratap Engineering College alleged faculty and guards beat latecomers at the locked gate, with more than 10 treated for injuries.
- Police at Bithoor station registered a case against three teachers on a complaint from a student’s father, naming Anil Kumar Pathak, Subhash Chandra Maurya and a teacher identified as Pankaj.
- The college suspended assistant professors Maurya and Pathak and set up an inquiry committee as classes were halted and the campus was shut.
- Students protested, blocked gates and demanded assurances against disciplinary action, and police and PAC personnel were deployed after some property damage.
- Investigators detained several staff for questioning, including four faculty members reported earlier and, according to police, several security guards, as DCP S M Qasim Abidi said statements are being recorded.