'Journalist made captive by principal'

Students blocked Ashok Rajpath and mobbed Patna University Office in protest against the alleged assult on a TV journalist, Irfan (top in pix) by BN College Principal Raj Kishore Prasad in Patna on May 20, 2010. It was alleged that the TV scribe was also made captive for hours by the Principal, who in turn alleged that journalists had assulted him. The journalist was at BN College to cover the ongoing students agitation demanding students union election in democratic manner.

Photos: Aftab Alam Siddiqui