Bhubaneswar, Sept. 8 -- https://images.odishatv.in/uploadimage/library/16_9/16_9_0/recent_photo_1757311518.webp
A massive eviction drive, codenamed Operation 'Blue Star', was launched at the Vani Vihar campus of Utkal University in Bhubaneswar on Monday to clear unauthorised occupants from the male students' hostels.
Acting on the directions of the university authorities, police forces, hostel wardens, and senior faculty members jointly carried out the operation, targeting four hostels that had long been occupied by outsiders.
Sources reported that the crackdown followed a directive from the Utkal University administration, citing mounting security concerns and disruption of academic life due to outsiders occupying hostel rooms.
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