Students blacken professor's face for anti-Shivaji remark
Alibag (Maharashtra), July. 25 (PTI): A group of students blackened the face of an English professor at the J S M College here for allegedly insulting Maratha warrior Shivaji and his mother Jijabai during a lecture, police said today.
Manoj Shivajirao Suryawanshi's face was blackened for making certain "insulting" references about the 17th century Maratha king and his mother during a class recently, police said.
The professor has apologised for the remarks, they said.
One of the students had protested against the remarks immediately and was not allowed to sit in the class for three days, police added.
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