Rohtak, June 12 -- A day after several students were injured in a lathi-charge by security personnel during a protest at Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar police registered a case on Wednesday against eight university officials and staff members, including the registrar and a professor.

Based on a complaint filed by an injured student, Dipanshu, a first-year BSc student, police have booked registrar Pawan Kumar, professor Radheshyam Manju, chief security officer Sukhbir Singh, and five security guards-Bijendra, Anoop, Jagmesh Poonia, Narendra, and Suman. The FIR has been lodged under Sections 110 (attempt to commit culpable homicide), 191(2) (rioting), 191(3) (rioting while armed with deadly weapons),...