more-inThe Indian Institute of Technology - Madras has barred a student who attacked one of the organisers of a beef eating protest from the hostel zone and withdrawn his boarding and lodging facility for six months as a disciplinary measure. The student has been instructed to “enter the campus only with the prior permission from the institute for academic reasons.” A notice has been put up in all hostels on the campus. In the clash, R. Sooraj, a Ph.D scholar, was attacked. Two months later, the IIT-M Hostel Disciplinary Committee informed the students that the attacker had been punished by cancelling his hostel accommodation for six months. The disciplinary committee had reprimanded the students who had been involved in the clash, besides those whose act triggered violence.

Source: The Hindu August 14, 2017 19:18 UTC