The Mahatma Gandhi Central University (MGCU) here has been closed for an indefinite period over tension prevailing in the campus after a professor was beaten up by a mob for sharing a Facebook post critical of the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
An order to close the university sine die with effect from today was issued by the MGCU Vice Chancellor Arvind Kumar Agrawal yesterday.
The VC took the decision exercising powers enshrined under Central University Act 2009, as per the order.
MGCU at Motihari came into functional existence in 2016.
Agrawal said in the order that "keeping in mind the safety and security of its students, teaching and non teaching staff in view of the prevailing atmosphere, the university has been closed sine die. The situation, at the moment, is not conducive for holding academic activities."
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