Lucknow: The non-teaching staff of the biochemistry department of Lucknow University who came to open the department for research scholars on Sunday were shocked when they saw that the oldest sandalwood of the department was missing. The staff found that around 40-year-old trees were chopped off from the trunk and only the leaves of the chopped trees and roots were left behind.
“On the request of our research scholars, the department is open even on Sunday if any scholar wants to carry out research work or complete some paper-related work.On receiving a request from scholars, I directed my non-teaching staff to open the department. When they came to open department in the afternoon, the tree was missing,” said a senior professor.
He said, “My staff rang me up immediately and thereafter I alerted the chief proctor about the incident.”
“We have lodged a police complaint of the theft of the sandalwood tree which was around four decades old,” said LU spokesperson Durgesh Srivastava.
“On the request of our research scholars, the department is open even on Sunday if any scholar wants to carry out research work or complete some paper-related work.On receiving a request from scholars, I directed my non-teaching staff to open the department. When they came to open department in the afternoon, the tree was missing,” said a senior professor.
He said, “My staff rang me up immediately and thereafter I alerted the chief proctor about the incident.”
“We have lodged a police complaint of the theft of the sandalwood tree which was around four decades old,” said LU spokesperson Durgesh Srivastava.