Prof's death: More arrests, son demands CBI probe

Ujjain, MP, Sep 4 (UNI) Twenty-eight workers of the Congress and its affiliated students' organisations besides nine ABVP workers have been arrested in connection with the death -- on August 26 -- of a local professor, misbehaviour against another and ransacking.

Four NSUI activists apprehended today were released after furnishing bail bonds of Rs 10,000 each.

''Vinod Chaurasia, Sandeep Lot, Amit Rai and Jitendra Parmar were presented before Civil Judge R C Madia this evening,'' said SP Jaideep Prasad.

Meanwhile, Prof Harbhajan Singh Sabharwal's son Himanshu met Governor Balram Jakhar in Bhopal today. ''I have requested a CBI probe into the matter,'' he said.

Mr Himanshu alleged that he received anonymous threats to maintain silence over his father's murder.

The Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee has called a statewide 'bandh', coinciding with Teachers' Day, in support of demands including a CBI inquiry into the death of Prof Sabharwal who was allegedly fatally assaulted by students incensed over postponement of an union poll at Madhav College.

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