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Varanasi: List of expelled, debarred and suspended students released by Banaras Hindu University annually before commencement of admission season to ensure they were not admitted to any course in the new academic session, includes name of Vinay Dwivedi, arrested by UP STF on Saturday. Apart from killing Chhattisgarh real estate trader Sanjeev Tripathi in 2022, Dwivedi is also accused of killing a student, Gaurav Singh, in 2019.BHU‘s professor in charge (external communication), Anurag Dave, said before every year, on commencement of admission season, list of students expelled, debarred, or suspended in different cases and issues in past years is released. As per the same routine, deputy registrar (academic) on Jul 4 released a list of 114, asking the university’s admission committee not to consider their admissions in any of the courses of BHU during the 2025-26 academic season. All institute directors, deans of faculties, heads of departments, principals of colleges and coordinators of centres and schools have also been given this alert. The list has names of four students, Vinay Kumar Dwivedi (Shastri), Kumar Mangalam Singh (MPEd), Rupesh Tiwari (MA Sanskrit) and Ashutosh Tripathi (MA Philosophy), who were debarred in 2019 after their involvement came to light in the Gaurav Singh murder case. Vinay Dwivedi’s accomplices, Mangalam Singh and Vinay, were suspended twice, while Ashutosh Tripathi was suspended by BHU. According to the list, most cases involve students accused of fighting, vandalism and indiscipline. In three cases, students faced action for assaulting and misbehaving with teachers. On Feb 17, at least 15 students faced action for vandalism at the Vice Chancellor’s residence, marking the largest single action. Previously, maximum number of students facing action in a year was in 2019, when 10 students were suspended or expelled.The list of barred students includes those caught cheating during exams, including four female students, one of whom was punished for cheating. Another case involves a former research student from English department, accused of obscene behaviour and exploitation of a research student, leading to a ban on his admission. In 2021, Sunil Kumar faced action for illegal sale of Remdesivir injections during Covid-19 menace. Ashutosh Kumar and Amrendra were suspended for causing disorder and disrupting security during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to BHU.Four students were punished in connection with abduction of an ambulance driver. Five students faced action in cases of staging protests, while six students were involved in obscene acts and physical exploitation. Eleven students faced action in an incident involving the proctorial board.
