India, Feb. 13 -- Noted historian and professor S Irfan Habib had a bucket of water and a dustbin thrown at him while delivering a speech at Delhi University's north campus on Thursday, an incident that the Delhi University's (DU) All India Students' Association (AISA) has blamed on members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. The ABVP denied the allegation.

Habib was speaking at the People's Literature Festival, organised by AISA near Arts Faculty in DU's north campus, when a bucket of water was thrown from behind a banner. A dustbin was thrown moments later. He paused briefly, then resumed speaking for another four to five minutes.

The video of the incident was widely shared on social media websites.

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