Members of Nagaland University Teachers Association, Lumami (NUTA-L), Nagaland University Non-Teaching Staff Association (NUNTSA) and Post Graduate Students’ Union (PGSU), Lumami, on Wednesday staged a “dharna” by wearing black badges at the Nagaland University (NU) Lumami campus against the “dismal apathy” of the district administration and NU authority.
They demanded that the miscreants involved in harassing the students, faculty and staff of NU and assaulting a professor on May 19 should be booked at the earliest.
NUTA (L) president, Lanusashi Longkumer, said on May 19, a group of youth in an inebriated state waylaid the University bus at Ao Settsu and harassed the students, faculty and staff members while Dean of students’ welfare was physically assaulted.
Therefore, they submitted representations to the district administration and NU, demanding necessary and appropriate steps but no action was initiated. In this regard, NUTA (L) has sought the intervention of Chief Rector, NU Raj Bhavan, Kohima for justice. The miscreants also entered the university campus on May 26 and threatened one of the teaching faulty with “dire consequences” if complain was not withdrawn, NUTA (L) alleged.