Gauhati University posters accuse VC of power misuse

GUWAHATI: Unidentified persons have pasted posters against Gauhati University (GU) vice-chancellor Mridul Hazarika on the university campus, charging him with taking benefits using his post. Senior officials of GU, however, termed the allegations as baseless.
The posters found on the university premises accused the vice-chancellor of being involved in financial anomalies, giving contracts of building construction to his close aides and 'unnecessarily' taking an armed guard.
"The VC can get armed security guard from the state government. There is nothing unlawful in it. But as far as the allegations are concerned, putting up posters against him without any proof is unfair," said a senior official of GU.
In some of the posters, Hazarika was termed as a close aide of chief minister Tarun Gogoi. In few other posters, the VC was accused of going on foreign tours with university funds.
An official said the university functions in a transparent way and no question arises of the VC going on foreign trips without unauthorization.
Though Tuesday was a holiday in the university due to Eid and very few students were present, the posters caught the attention of many passersby. Soon, security officials of the university removed the posters.