AMU teachers come to blows in meeting; varsity mulls action

aligarh (up): two senior faculty members of the aligarh muslim university exchanged blows in an official meeting, leading to a possible departmental action, officials said on monday. varsity authorities said they had taken cognizance of the matter and were initiating necessary action on the "embarrassing" incident. a video clip that turned up on social media showed psychology department head prof shah alam and another professor of the same department, prof sm khan, trading blows in a meeting on sunday. both faculty members complained to the university authority detailing their reasons for the fight, a senior amu official said. the reason behind the fracas is still unknown, but according to amu sources, the outburst resulted from a long-standing misunderstanding between the two teachers. "this unfortunate and unwarranted incident has come to our knowledge. the university has a mechanism to deal with such incidents and it is taking up this matter accordingly," amu spokesperson prof mohammad asim siddiqui told pti.