Chennai: Police removes protesters agitating in front of IIT-Madras against cattle slaughter ban & attack on a IIT… https://t.co/yMKffaYQbH — ANI (@ANI_news) 1496210071000

CHENNAI: Demanding the expulsion of a student involved in the altercation with a beef festival participant at IIT Madras on Tuesday, a group of students on Wednesday conducted a protest march on the campus.The students demanded that Manish Kumar Singh, a postgraduate student, and his friends who 'attacked' R Sooraj, a research scholar at the IIT-M, be rusticated immediately and that Sooraj be compensated for the injuries he suffered in his right eye.While Sooraj had suffered injuries in the right eye and skull, Manish had his forearm injured.The march that went on from the Himalaya lawn up to the dean's office culminated with the group of students submitting a list of demands to the dean's office.Meanwhile, student members of leftist groups like RSYF, SFI and DSF and others assembled in front of the IIT Madras gate for a separate protest against the incident.They called for the arrest of Manish Kumar Singh and his friends.They shouted anti-RSS brandishing banners that read, "We will take the cow rakshas by their horns. " They called it the 'jallikattu- part 2'.As many as 75 protesters, including women, were detained by the police.The protesters carried cooked pieces of beef as a sign of protest.