Hyderabad, Aug. 15 -- Following the protestors' call for the removal of the Aligarh Muslim University's Proctorial team, four members subsequently stepped down over reported mistreatment of protestors.

The resigned professors are Prof Syed Ali Nawaz Zaidi, Prof Mohammed Asif, Dr Anwar Ahmad, and Dr Imran Ahmad Usmani. Among them were two deputy proctors and two assistant proctors.

While no clear reason was cited in the official memorandum, the resignations were accepted by the Vice-Chancellor upon the individuals' request, as recommended and forwarded by the Proctor, and were effective immediately.

The action appears to have been triggered by the ongoing student protest at AMU, which has been going on for more than a week.

The protest...