The Fedcuta or Federation of Central University Teachers Associations demanded an immediate revocation of the suspension order served on Dr Prasad Pannian, who was suspended from the post of head of the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the Central university of Kerala, Kasargod. According to FEDCUTA, the suspension order has been served to Dr Pannian 'for criticising the university on a Facebook post over the legal and police action initiated by the university against a vocal dalit research scholar' is shocking.
According to reports, a research scholar, Ganthoti Nagaraju, participated in a student protest in the university campus and unintentionally broke the glass of a fire hydrant.