BHU protest: From 'sexist' rules to unruly force and political mudslinging

A demonstration by BHU students, mostly women, seeking safety for women, escalated into a full-blown political drama after security personnel used force to disperse the protestors

Tensions between the police and protesting women students at the Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus in Varanasi turned violent late on Saturday after police used force to disperse the crowd.

The trigger of the issue was a female BHU student's allegation that she had been molested by three bike-borne men outside the campus on Thursday. She had alleged that the security guards, who were only 100 metres away from the place of incident, did nothing to stop the miscreants.
 

Following this, the century-old institution has been witness to demonstrations by students (mostly females) against the rising eve-teasing incidents on the