In an unusual turn of events, Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) president Ronak Khatri smeared cow dung on the walls of the principal’s office at Lakshmibai College. 

This retaliation comes days after the principal had smeared cow dung in the classrooms of the C Building of the campus stating that it was part of research to show that doing so brought down the temperature indoors.

In a video of the incident that has been circulated, Khatri is seen having an altercation with the staff who reasoned with him against doing so. In a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday, Khatri can be seen confronting the vice principal in the absence of the college principal.

VIDEO | Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) president Ronak Khatri smears cow dung on the walls of the principal’s office at Lakshmibai College.

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Khatri, however, alleged that the act was in protest of the principal’s move to coat classrooms with cow dung “to beat the heat.”

He alleged that his actions were intended to highlight the “absurd and unscientific” practices promoted on campus.