Dalit Professor Beaten Up, Garlanded with Shoes in BHU

'For the past two years, Banaras Hindu University (BHU) has been in news for a number of reasons. Starting from widespread protests by girl students in 2017 to several students being expelled on frivolous grounds. The latest is an incident wherein a dalit professor was assaulted allegedly over some “objectionable” comment on a Facebook post. On January 29, a dalit professor from the department of sociology was beaten up by a group of students and outsiders, allegedly for posting a comment on a picture of a professor and a female student, as per reports. A few days after the incident, a video went viral showing BHU assistant professor Manoj Kumar Verma being manhandled and harassed allegedly by ABVP members. In the clip, the professor could be seen being beaten up and garlanded with shoes by the mob. Later, it appeared that the professor was targeted allegedly for his dalit identity by a mob that included students from the university as well as few outsiders...'