2 Hyderabad Univ faculty members go on indefinite hunger strike

The two suspended faculty members of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Tuesday launched an indefinite hunger strike, protesting against their suspension by the university on the ground that they had been detained by police for more than 48 hours in March this year. The two faculty members sat on the fast outside the university.

The SC/ST Teachers’ Forum, meanwhile alleged that the university’s action against the two faculty members was taken “in a fit of vindictiveness”and sought revocation of their suspension.

The faculty members – K Y Ratnam, Head, Centre for Ambedkar Studies and faculty member of Department of Political Science and Tathagata Sengupta, faculty member of Department of Mathematics – were on Monday served with suspension notice for allegedly not informing the University about their detention by police on March 22.