Jawaharlal Nehru University has rusticated a research student for one semester and fined three JNUSU office bearers, including its president, vice-president and general secretary, following a protest against the installation of a facial recognition-based access system at the varsity’s central library in August, The Indian Express has learnt.

According to official orders issued by the Chief Proctor on October 28, Manikant Patel, a PhD scholar at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development (CSRD), has been rusticated for one semester, and declared out of bounds from the JNU campus with immediate effect. He has also been fined Rs 15,000.

JNU found Patel guilty of “manhandling security guards and library staff” and “kicking the main glass door of the library until it broke” during the p

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