Allahabad police have registered a case against 43 security guards of the University of Allahabad, including three named for firing and beating a former and some present students.

Vivekanand Pathak, secretary of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee whom the guards had attacked on Monday, stated in his police complaint on Tuesday: “It was after a long gap that I wanted to go inside the campus to complete my KYC at the SBI. The guards stopped me at Gate No. 1 and hit on my head from the back without any provocation. As the students standing there reacted, another guard opened fire in which one student received a pellet on his right arm. Thereafter the security guards baton-charged the students.”

The student who suffered a pellet wound on his right arm has been identified as Abhishek Yadav.

“I, along with many other students, have been holding a relay dharna on the campus since September this year against 200 to 400 per cent fee hikes in all the courses. We want the police to arrest the guards and the chief proctor,” he said.