Before Assam withdrew protest cases, complaint linked them to Meghalaya university chancellor who drew Himanta Sarma fire

4 min readGuwahatiJul 28, 2026 07:10 AM IST University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque. (Photo: X/ @chairman_erdf)The complaint cited in the Assam Police FIR in connection with last week’s NEET protests in Guwahati alleges that they were “organised, financed, and facilitated under the directions of Mahbubul Hoque, the chancellor of Meghalaya’s University of Science & Technology, who has previously found himself under fire from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on multiple occasions. On Monday, the Assam government issued a statement that it would withdraw all cases against those who took part in the protests against the NEET question paper leak, and that the process to release those arrested would commence soon.Days earlier, however, an FIR was f