The ongoing agitation at the Visva-Bharati in Santiniketan has taken a murkier turn with the authorities stopping the payment of salaries for January to teachers and other employees.
The varsity authorities maintained that cheques will be issued only after Vice-Chancellor Sushanta Dutta Gupta, who was out of town, returned.
Teaching staff, other employees and students of the University are protesting against the VC's alleged "corrupt practices" and "high-handedness".
Following the new development, the Adhyapak Sabha (association of university professors) is set to get an FIR lodged against the VC and the university registrar.
"The action of the VC is arbitrary, a gross violation of not only all statues and norms but also of human rights. This thing has never happened here before. We are going to get an FIR lodged against the VC and registrar," said Professor Rajesh Venugopal, also the secretary of Adhyapak Sabha.
He said, "We have also written to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, who is still our Chancellor, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding the removal of the VC, who is a disgrace and shame to this institution."
While the university — set up under an Act of 1951 of the Centre — has around 5,000 students, there are 750 teachers and 1,200 non-teaching staff members, reported Indian Express.
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