Overview

• The action took place Monday in Bhubaneswar as university staff, with police present, broke locks in boys' hostels 1, 2, 3 and 5 and cleared rooms of non-boarders.
• Eight platoons of police were deployed to support the eviction operation on the campus.
• The removal followed a university deadline that outsiders had ignored to vacate the hostels.
• Officials cited late-night disturbances and altercations by non-boarders as the reason for heightened security concerns.
• The minister appealed to former students and other outsiders to cooperate with the enforcement to preserve academic order.