Itanagar, January 26: Police are yet to trace the youths who had assaulted the vice-chancellor of the Rajiv Gandhi Central University K C Belliappa at his residence near here.
About 50 youths had dragged out the vice chancellor from his official residence, tore his clothes and badly assaulted him in the varsity campus in Papumpare district last evening. Belliappa suffered injuries on his head, left eye, face, neck and thighs, a university release said today.
Following an FIR by the university, a police picket was posted near the VC’s residence in the campus. However, police are yet to locate a single youth involved in the assault.
Meanwhile, Papumpare district SP, P N Khrimey, visited the campus and directed his juniors for a round-the-clock vigil in the area.
–Agencies