The Calicut University campus witnessed chaotic scenes on December 21 morning when Students Federation of India (SFI) activists blocked members with Sangh Parivar links, nominated by the Chancellor, from attending the first meeting of the recently reconstituted Senate.
When the police attempted to remove the SFI activists from outside the Senate hall on the campus at Tenhipalam in Malappuram district, they put up a stiff resistance, leading to tension briefly. Activists including E. Afsal, SFI State joint secretary, resisted the attempts to take them into a police bus parked nearby. Later, Mr. Afsal was shifted to a police vehicle.
Some other activists, including women, were forcibly bundled into police vehicles. Amid the chaos, the Senate meeting ended around 11 a.m. with members affiliated to the United Democratic Front (UDF) accusing authorities of ignoring the issues they had raised.
