Overview
- Police in Shivamogga said they booked more than 15 students after NSUI protesters vandalised campus property and forced entry into the Vice-Chancellor’s office at Kuvempu University.
- Vice-Chancellor Sharath Ananthamurthy said he met student representatives days earlier, described some fixes as already underway, and alleged vested interests pushed the protest into violence.
- KPCC general secretary Basavaraj A P wrote to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah urging the government to withdraw the cases and to halt further arrests of NSUI members.
- Students pointed to long delays in releasing exam results and issuing mark sheets, and they called the university’s new digital evaluation unscientific because they believe it caused more exam failures.
- Protesters also pressed for pending scholarships and better hostel facilities, and the next steps now hinge on police probes and possible campus discipline that could shape how these grievances are handled.