Recently, in Banaras Hindu University (BHU)'s Sanskrit Vidya Dharm Vigyan (SVDV) stream, a Muslim professor Dr Firoz Khan was appointed as an assistant professor.
Banaras Hindu University has been lately embroiled in various controversies recently. The students of the Sanskrit Department have been protesting against the appointment of a Muslim professor.
Madhepura district magistrate had issued an alert ahead of Chhath Puja, warning local administration and police against attempts made by 'mischievous elements of Muslim community' to breach communal harmony.