Kolkata:
Maoist chief Arnab Dam, who’s presently in jail in West Bengal’s Hooghly district, appeared for an interview within the Burdwan State College on Wednesday for his PhD diploma in historical past.
Dam, who appeared for the interview below the watch of the police, is in jail in reference to an assault on the Japanese Frontier Rifles (EFR) camp at Silda in West Midnapore district in February 2010.
He was convicted in February final 12 months.
Dam had cleared the State Eligibility Check (SET) after showing for the examination from jail. Because the jail authorities have been reluctant to permit him to do his PhD, he sat on a quick.
After the human rights group Affiliation for Safety of Democratic Rights (APDR) took up Dam’s case, the jail authorities softened their stand.
Dam is thought to be a meritorious pupil who cleared the IIT entrance take a look at and acquired into IIT-Kharagpur. Whereas on campus, he acquired drawn to Maoist ideology and absconded after his third-semester examination.
He was arrested in 2012 as an accused within the Silda EFR camp assault case.
Dam accomplished his commencement and post-graduation from the Indira Gandhi Nationwide Open College (IGNOU) whereas in jail. Thereafter, he utilized for a PhD from the Burdwan State College.
