Bhubaneswar: The commissionerate police on Monday arrested two youths for assaulting a teacher Surendra Kumar Jena and activist Pradeep Kumar Nayak in a seminar organized by Citizen Forum But Utkal University here on sunday. They had allegedly thrashed both and misbehaved with the JNU professor Surajit Mazumdar and other participants.
they were identified as Manas Kumar Sahu31-year-old is a resident of Kuruda Lunga under Basudevpur police station in Bhadrak district and 32-year-old Sanjay Kumar Mallick is a resident of Nuagaon near Manas. He was staying in the hostel number-1 of the university. In their statement, the police said that they were not students of Utkal University.
According to the press release issued by the police, a seminar on the topic ‘Indian Constitution and Education’ was organized by the Citizen Forum in the PG Council hall of Utkal University. As Mazumdar, Professor of Economic Studies and Planning at JNU, Delhi, was continuing his speech, two groups of youths identifying themselves as members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)/Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suddenly appeared. Went. He went on stage and ordered the organizers to stop the seminar midway.
The police statement said the youths used foul language and attacked the organisers. “We have started investigating the matter. Two youths have been arrested in connection with the case and sent to court,” said Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh.
Manas, one of the youths, told the media on Sunday that he could not tolerate Majumdar’s speech which portrayed India in a bad light by putting the country’s constitution at risk. In his speech, he opposed the professor’s alleged targeting of upper caste people.
Pradipta Kumar Nayak, convenor of Citizens Forum, said Majumdar did not speak anything against the present government or Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He did not say anything against the country. “The youth had planned to attack us. He did not listen to the speech till the end. They wanted to mislead people by telling false things against the seminar.
Citizens Forum protested against the attack on them at the Master Canteen here on Sunday. Nayak said they wanted action against other youths who were helping the two accused. Members of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) condemned the incident and held a peaceful protest at the main gate of Utkal University on Monday evening.
Other organisations, including the CPM and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), and members of the student wing of the Congress condemned the incident.
they were identified as Manas Kumar Sahu31-year-old is a resident of Kuruda Lunga under Basudevpur police station in Bhadrak district and 32-year-old Sanjay Kumar Mallick is a resident of Nuagaon near Manas. He was staying in the hostel number-1 of the university. In their statement, the police said that they were not students of Utkal University.
According to the press release issued by the police, a seminar on the topic ‘Indian Constitution and Education’ was organized by the Citizen Forum in the PG Council hall of Utkal University. As Mazumdar, Professor of Economic Studies and Planning at JNU, Delhi, was continuing his speech, two groups of youths identifying themselves as members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)/Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) suddenly appeared. Went. He went on stage and ordered the organizers to stop the seminar midway.
The police statement said the youths used foul language and attacked the organisers. “We have started investigating the matter. Two youths have been arrested in connection with the case and sent to court,” said Bhubaneswar DCP Prateek Singh.
Manas, one of the youths, told the media on Sunday that he could not tolerate Majumdar’s speech which portrayed India in a bad light by putting the country’s constitution at risk. In his speech, he opposed the professor’s alleged targeting of upper caste people.
Pradipta Kumar Nayak, convenor of Citizens Forum, said Majumdar did not speak anything against the present government or Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He did not say anything against the country. “The youth had planned to attack us. He did not listen to the speech till the end. They wanted to mislead people by telling false things against the seminar.
Citizens Forum protested against the attack on them at the Master Canteen here on Sunday. Nayak said they wanted action against other youths who were helping the two accused. Members of the Biju Chhatra Janata Dal (BCJD) condemned the incident and held a peaceful protest at the main gate of Utkal University on Monday evening.
Other organisations, including the CPM and the All India Students’ Federation (AISF), and members of the student wing of the Congress condemned the incident.