Armed men led by a student leader attack MP professor

BHOPAL: An assistant professor of Sanskrit was allegedly attacked by a group of armed men led by an influential student leader on the campus of a government college in Betul district of central Madhya Pradesh on Friday afternoon.

The attack by armed men led by influential student leader Annu Thakur on the campus of Government Jaywanti Haksar College in Betul, in which Professor Neeraj Dhakad was seriously injured, brought back gruesome memories of the killing of political science professor HS Sabharwal by a group of students at Madhav College in Ujjain in 2006.

The Betul police booked attempt to murder against the six accused and arrested all six accused, including the main accused Aniket alias Annu Thakur, who, according to sources, enjoys strong political protection.

According to police sources, a case is likely to be filed against Thakur under the National Security Act. The injured Neeraj Dhakad is being treated for head and eye injuries and a fracture in the elbow area.