The suspended in-charge dean of the Faculty of Fine Arts, MS University, Shivaji Panikkar, was attacked by a group of unidentified persons near a school Friday in Ahmedabad where he had gone to inaugurate an exhibition.
CNN-IBN reports:
Pannikar, who was suspended for lending support to the student who was arrested over an alleged obscene painting, was attacked by unidentified persons in Ahmedabad on Friday.
He and his driver were roughed up by a group of 20 people outside the gates of St Xavier's High School (Loyola Hall) in Navrangpura.
"I had come from Vadodara to inaugurate an exhibition at St Xavier's school. As we neared the venue, I saw a group of persons standing outside the gate of the school. As soon as we reached the gate, some members of the group peeped into the car and identified me by name," Pannikar was quoted by news agency PTI as saying.
The suspended dean claims that the group of people threatened to kill him and even smashed a window of his car. He added that the people were armed with sticks and stones and kept shouting slogans like "Bharat Mata Ki Jai", "Kill Panikkar" and "Go Back Panikkar".
