Tezpur Dec 8: Agitators at Tezpur University on Sunday vowed to enforce a shutdown at the institution, which has been witnessing protests since mid-September against alleged irregularities by Vice Chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh, till a formal communication from the Centre regarding the VC’s removal is received.

The campus on the north bank of the Brahmaputra in Sonitpur district witnessed high-voltage drama from Saturday afternoon till early on Sunday as a top delegation from the Union Education Ministry, led by Secretary Vineet Joshi, could not leave the premises around midnight and was stuck inside their vehicles for more than three hours.

The team was allowed to leave post midnight following a written assurance on a blank paper by the Department of Higher Education’s Joint Secretary S

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