Members of the Students Federation of India (SFI) on Wednesday night held a protest inside the Pondicherry University campus, seeking the removal of Vice Chancellor Gurmeet Singh, following the Madras High Court’s instruction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe a complaint of misappropriation of funds by the University authorities.

While CPM Puducherry state secretary R Rajangam on Thursday urged President of India Draupadi Murmu, who is also a visitor of Pondicherry University, to dismiss PU vice-chancellor Gurmeet Singh after the Madras high court directed the CBI to register a case and probe into misappropriation of Rs 2.25 crore funds in the university.

In a statement, Rajangam said Singh should not be permitted to participate in a function in which the President will be participating as the chief guest in Puducherry.

He demanded a thorough probe into large-scale recruitment of teaching and non-teaching faculty members and the award of construction contracts since 2017 and initiate legal action against Singh if there are any irregularities