India, April 26 -- At a time when students are busy preparing for their summer semester exams currently underway at Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU), those staying in the university's hostels are also having to deal with a severe bedbug infestation. The situation is so dire that some students have been forced to vacate their hostel rooms while others have sustained severe bedbug bites while sleeping at night.

Students have been facing this problem for several days now and have lodged both verbal and written complaints with the university administration only to have the latter turn a blind eye and deaf ear to the same. So much so that student organisations are now questioning as to who should be held responsible if the students' ac...