Guwahati, March 31 -- The Student Federation of India (SFI)'s Assam State Committee has levelled serious allegations of financial irregularities in the utilization of a special grant from the Assam government to Gauhati University.

The students' body has linked the name of Vice-Chancellor Dr. Nani Gopal Mahanta to the alleged financial discrepancies and has demanded a high-level investigation into the matter.

Addressing a press conference at the Guwahati Press Club on Monday, SFI leaders Rajdeep Mahanta and Arun Guria alleged that the South East Asian Study Centre, under the Department of Political Science, has been receiving an annual Rs 1 crore grant from the Assam government for several years.

However, they claimed that these funds ...