Lucknow professor assaulted on campus after remark on Kashi Vishwanath temple
2 years, 7 months ago

Lucknow professor assaulted on campus after remark on Kashi Vishwanath temple

Hindustan Times  

A Lucknow University professor was allegedly assaulted by a student on the campus on Wednesday, days after he triggered a controversy with his remarks on the Kashi Vishwanath temple. "Karthik Pandey, a student leader, came to me and started hurling abuses and casteist slurs at me and hit me," Professor Ravi Kant Chandan of the university's Hindi department said. Lucknow University spokesperson Durgesh Srivastav said Karthik Pandey was suspended for attacking the professor. He was accused of making objectionable comments over the Kashi Vishwanath temple-Gyanvapi complex in Varanasi during a debate on an online portal.

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