Describing these remarks as threatening, the Chhatra Dal statement said such conduct toward teachers, officials and staff reflected behaviour unbecoming of a student leader and was contrary to a healthy academic environment.

“Repeatedly displaying aggressive, indecent and threatening behaviour toward teachers constitutes terrorist activity,” the statement said.

The statement further said that the so-called “locking culture” at an educational institution reminds us of fascist practices. It recalled a previous incident in which a university official, including a pro-vice-chancellor, was humiliated following provocation—an episode the organisation described as a dark chapter for the university.

It warned that any attempt to humiliate teachers at the historic institution of Shaheed intellectual Dr Syed Shamshujoha through mob-style tactics would be resisted firmly by Chhatra Dal leaders and activists at all levels.