India, April 15 -- In a dramatic confrontation, Delhi University Students' Union (DUSU) president Ronak Khatri smeared cow dung on the walls of the principal's office at Lakshmibai College. Khatri alleged that the act was in protest against the principal's move to coat classrooms with cow dung "to beat the heat."

In a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday, Khatri can be seen confronting the vice principal in the absence of the college principal.

He claimed his actions were intended to highlight the "absurd and unscientific" practices promoted on campus.

The DUSU President, along with other students, then goes on to coat cow dung on the walls and washroom of the principal's office.

Khatri's act came in response to an inciden...