09-18-2007, 08:54 PM
<b>Reason behind riots in AMU</b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The students' anger and frustration mounted because before Nayeem's murder, a Class IX girl was allegedly raped by some non-teaching employees of the girls' hostel on September 8. Despite protests, no action was taken against the alleged rapists
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In May, then vice-chancellor Naseem Ahmad was about to complete his tenure. Therefore, in April, he had to complete the process of empanelling his successor. But he reportedly came under tremendous pressure from different lobbies among the AMU employees, who were pushing for their own candidates for VC. Ahmad could not withstand these pressures and quit AMU in the first week of April.
After he left, two murders took place (in the first and last week of April). There seemed to be no reason for the murders of seemingly innocent students.
There were murmurs inside the university that the murders were intended to create turmoil on the campus so that opinion could be mobilised to empanel a civil servant (not an academic) as the next VC.
However, in May, P K Abdul Azis, an academic and then vice-chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, was appointed VC. This move was resented by many AMU staffers. Outlook magazine published a report questioning Azis's academic credentials, which further affected his acceptability.
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In May, then vice-chancellor Naseem Ahmad was about to complete his tenure. Therefore, in April, he had to complete the process of empanelling his successor. But he reportedly came under tremendous pressure from different lobbies among the AMU employees, who were pushing for their own candidates for VC. Ahmad could not withstand these pressures and quit AMU in the first week of April.
After he left, two murders took place (in the first and last week of April). There seemed to be no reason for the murders of seemingly innocent students.
There were murmurs inside the university that the murders were intended to create turmoil on the campus so that opinion could be mobilised to empanel a civil servant (not an academic) as the next VC.
However, in May, P K Abdul Azis, an academic and then vice-chancellor of the Cochin University of Science and Technology, was appointed VC. This move was resented by many AMU staffers. Outlook magazine published a report questioning Azis's academic credentials, which further affected his acceptability.
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