Archive · 7 Oct 2026
AMU Students Block Hospital Transfer of Hunger-Striking Leader
Yasser Fahad is a student at Aligarh Muslim University.
He had been refusing food for 15 days to protest the lack of student union elections.
When university staff tried to take him to a hospital because his health was getting worse, other students stopped them.
The university said it wanted doctors to help him and would let him return to the protest afterward.
The protesting students said they cared about his health but wanted the university to announce election dates.
The protests also reached some women's hostels.
The university teachers' association also called for elections to university bodies.
Students at Aligarh Muslim University prevented officials from taking Yasser Fahad to hospital after his health worsened.
Fahad, a postgraduate Urdu student, had been on hunger strike for 15 days.
The university said the attempted transfer was to provide urgent medical care, not to end the strike.
Students said they were concerned for Fahad but demanded dates for student union elections, which have not been held for eight years.
Protests spread to women's hostels, while the teachers' association also called for elections to university bodies.
- Who
- Yasser Fahad, protesting students, Aligarh Muslim University officials, and the AMU Teachers’ Association.
- What
- Students blocked an attempt to take hunger-striking student Yasser Fahad to hospital; the protest demands student union elections.
- When
- Tuesday night; the incident was reported on Wednesday, October 7. Fahad had been on hunger strike for 15 days.
- Where
- Aligarh Muslim University in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India.
- Why
- Students are demanding student union elections, which have not been held for eight years; officials said they sought to provide Fahad urgent medical care.
University authorities
Protesting students
Taking Fahad to hospital
University authorities
The university said Fahad needed urgent medical support because several health indicators were serious, and that he could return after doctors stabilised him.
Protesting students
Students gathered around Fahad and prevented the transfer; their spokesperson said they were concerned about his health and called for election dates.
Student union elections
University authorities
The articles report no specific response from the university to the demand for election dates.
Protesting students
Students demanded that the university immediately announce dates for elections, which had not been held for eight years, and said they had lost trust in the administration.
- Student
- Yasser Fahad, a postgraduate student of Urdu
- Hunger strike
- 15 days
- Main demand
- Student union elections, not held for eight years
- Hospital attempt
- Security personnel and an ambulance arrived Tuesday night; students prevented the transfer
- University explanation
- Proctor Naved Khan said the aim was urgent medical treatment, not to break the hunger strike
- Teachers’ association
- AMUTA sought elections to statutory university bodies; its secretary said most lacked elected teacher representatives for more than six years
