Students protest presence of former Bastar IG Kalluri at IIMC

Some students were debarred from entering a seminar at Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC) on Nationalistic Journalism in Current Scenario: Media and Myth which was to be chaired by former Bastar IG SRP Kalluri, reported Hindustan Times.

 Kalluri was accused of human rights violation against tribals in Chhattisgarh during his tenure as IG of Bastar region and the matter is still being probed by National Human Rights Committee. 

Despite heavy police protection, a moderate number of students continued to protest at the gates within the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus. Placards of ‘Kalluri Go back’ was flashed and the protestors even demanded that the IPS Officer, better be on 'long leave' until the inquiry is complete. 

But, organizers as usual said that most of the protestors were not students of IIMC and they were outsiders. They further added that to prevent any chaos and confusion in the venue the protestors  were kept outside campus gates.