The entry of Muslim visitors into the Hyderabad Central University (HCU) has been barred, according to a news report in the New Indian Express
The prohibition came to light on February 6 when a student of HCU, Zunera lodged a complaint with the registrar of the university demanding appropriate action. Reportedly, a student from the Maulana Azad National University came to HCU to deliver some medicines to one of his friends was stopped at the university gate.
When contacted by New Indian Express, the chief security officer, TV Rao confirmed the administration’s decision to bar the entry of Muslim visitors to the campus. According to Rao, he had overheard some conversation among students planned to convene a meeting on the campus to condemn US President Donald Trump’s ban on entry into America of Muslims from several countries.
“On Saturday, a number of students, specifically Muslim students came in twos and threes. All of them stated that they wanted to meet their friends inside the campus. It was unusual for that many students, from a single community, to come in on a single day,” Rao told New Indian Express.
Rao said that when contacted by him, the Dean of Students said that no permission had been sought or granted for any such meeting. “That was when we understood that they were all up to some mischief and decided to stop the group from entering the campus for the day,” added Rao.