‘Slapped, beaten with baton': CCSU warden removed for thrashing hostellers in Meerut
A purported video of the accused warden, DK Chauhan, mercilessly beating the students on Thursday night was widely circulated on social media on Friday. In the video, Chauhan is seen purportedly raining blows with a baton and slapping the students as he charged at them like a raging bull.
His terror continued for nearly 30 minutes, with shocked students writhing in pain. The video shows that the students were standing still while the warden madly attacked them.
On Friday, students staged a sit-in protest outside the vice chancellor's office, demanding immediate action against the warden. Calling the incident a "blatant misuse of power", they demanded stricter regulations for hostel authorities.
After hours of protest and intervention by university officials, the warden was removed from his duties.
A BTech student, requesting anonymity, told TOI, "The warden arrived at the hostel on Thursday night, and without asking anything, began assaulting some students.
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He also used casteist slurs against some Dalit students. When we were recording the video, he tried to snatch our phones. We raised the matter with senior university authorities, but they sided with the warden."
Prof Dinesh Kumar, chief warden of CCSU, told TOI, "We have removed DK Chauhan from his post. The VC, Sangeeta Shukla, is not here. Once she returns, we will place this matter on her table and constitute a high-level committee, in which we will try to include a student member to probe the incident.
Further action will be taken after committee's report."
"This kind of behaviour is unacceptable. We are committed to ensuring the safety and dignity of each and every student," said a university spokesperson, on condition of anonymity.
DK Chauhan told TOI, "They were attacking me. I politely asked them to come out, but some students hurled abuses at me. I have submitted multiple pieces of evidence to the university administration, but they have only presented one side of the story.
My car was vandalized, and my home guards were unable to protect me - which compelled me to retaliate."
This is not the first time DK Chauhan has courted controversy. A few days ago, he allegedly ordered the on-duty home guards to keep a delivery boy hostage for around 30 minutes for delivering food at the hostel after 9 pm, said another student from Maharana Pratap Hostel.
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