Varanasi: The Banaras Hindu University (BHU) campus today witnessed violence by students who were lathi-charged by the police, in an ugly turn of a protest against an alleged eve-teasing incident.

A number of students and policemen were reportedly injured in the clashes, police sources said.

In the wake of the violence, the university has announced “holidays” from tomorrow till October 2, advancing it from September 28.

Violence erupted after some students, protesting against the alleged eve-teasing incident, wanted to meet the Vice Chancellor at his residence, according to police and university sources.

The security guards of the university stopped them and the police were informed, according to the University sources.