Even as incidents of pre-poll violence were reported from different colleges across the State on Monday, Students’ Union elections were cancelled and a sine die was declared in the Utkal University here.
The inmates were asked to vacate the university’s hostels by the evening.
On the other hand, irate students ransacked the Vice-Chancellor's office protesting against the cancellation of election. Two cases were lodged at the Saheed Nagar police station.
Meanwhile, the police arrested an outsider in connection with the bomb hurling incident in the university campus on Sunday evening.
The Students’ Union polls were also cancelled in the Utkal sUniversity law College and girls’ hostel inmates were asked to leave the rooms immediately.
In another development, miscreants hurled two bombs at the Maharshi College here, following which police were deployed at the campus.
In Puri, irate students of the SCS College fought a pitched battle with police who tried to stop them from ransacking the college. During the scuffle, an Inspector of Police was injured in an attack by students.
At the Derabis College in Kendrapada students went on a rampage and the college authorities were forced to declare the college sine die. In Jeypore, students of the Bikramdeb College sat on a dharna causing tension at the campus.
Similarly, students of the Kakatpur Mangala College damaged furniture over rejection of the nomination paper of a presidential aspirant. Tension also prevailed in the Brahmapur lingaraj law College.