Students, teachers and non-teaching staff members of Assam’s Tezpur University have shut down the campus indefinitely, demanding that Vice-Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh be immediately replaced due to allegations of corruption and financial irregularities, PTI reported on Wednesday.

The university in Sonitpur district has been witnessing protests for more than two months. However, the staff and students on Saturday declared a shutdown of all academic and administrative activities, The Indian Express reported.

The protests are being carried out under under the aegis of the Tezpur University United Forum. The Tezpur University Teachers’ Association and the Tezpur University Non-Teaching Employees’ Association have also supported the agitation.

Following the shutdown on Saturday, the

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