AGRA: Aligarh district administration has decided to seize surety bonds of Rs 1 lakh each of four Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) students, which they had signed prior to December 15 violence on the campus.

Confirming this, additional city magistrate Ranjit Singh said on Sunday that the surety bonds, under Section 107 of CrPC were signed by the four students, including two former students, assuring the administration that they would maintain peace in the city. However, they were allegedly found to be involved in the December 15 violence on the campus that left several persons, including students, injured.

Singh said while two of the ex-students are former secretary of the students’ union Huzaifa Amir and former vice-president of students’ union Hamza Sufiyan, research scholar Salman Imtiaz, who is also the former president of students’ union, and, Moinuddin, a postgraduate student, are still pursuing their studies.

Salman Imtiaz confirmed that the bond was signed by him along with other students on August 1 after a ruckus at VC’s office over the administration’s decision to take disciplinary action against three students in two separate incidents.

Besides, 44 other persons, linked to the AMU, have also been identified by the administration for serving notices for disrupting peace in the city, said Singh. He told TOI that the university administration has been asked to provide their addresses but no response has been received despite sending a reminder to them.

When contacted, AMU proctor Wasim Ali said that there is no evidence to show that they are AMU students . “On the basis of names, how can we confirm that these are the same persons identified by the administration,” he said.

