12 students hurt in clash in HPU campus

Some 12 students were injured, three of them critically, in a clash between ABVP and SFI activists in the Himachal University campus today.
Cases were registered against 30 students in connection with the violence, police said.
Twelve students were injured, three of them seriously, in the clash, they said.
Vice Chancellor A D N Vajpayee appointed a committee, headed by Dean of Studies Dr Suresh Kumar, to determine the circumstances leading to the clash.
He also dissolved the SFI-dominated Students Central Association (SCA).
The Vice Chancellor said those involved in violence would face stringent action, including expulsion from the varsity.

Police have been deployed in strength in the campus to maintain peace.
The ABVP alleged SFI activists armed with sharp-edged weapons attacked their members.
The SFI condemned dissolution of the SCA and threatened to launch an agitation for removal of the Vice Chancellor.