Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna Vice-Chancellor Professor Faizan Mustafa was recently captured on video hitting two students even as police personnel entered the boys' hostel on March 23 to conduct a search for liquor.

The video shows Prof Mustafa slap a student twice. When another student appears, the VC raises his hand and slaps him. Prof Mustafa then asks the student in Hindi,

"What will you do? Are you the police? Have you lost your mind?"

The student then asks why the Professor hit him. Prof Mustafa replies,

"I hit you. You have lost your mind, have you forgotten who has taught you the law? A public servant is a..."

Speaking to Bar & Bench, Prof Mustafa said that he took the step to prevent escalation of a conflict between the police and the students. He added that the students were agitated seeing police personnel entering their hostel.

Having seen a student lose their life during police firing, he was trying to prevent a similar tragedy, he claimed.

A student told Bar & Bench that the police had entered the hostel premises late at night to check for alcohol. Students were blocking the police from proceeding further and were raising slogans, which had led to the tense situation on campus.

Bihar, where the University is located, is a State where the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcohol is banned.