January 28, 1984 The student leaders met him the next day and abused him in quite strong language. It is a measure of the culture of collaboration prevalent on the compus that a tape-record of their conversation is available with the police. The police obtained a complaint of 'criminal intimidation' against the students. That night (the early hours of 23rd), in a mysterious development that recalled to many minds the burning of the German Reichstag, the Chemistry laboratory of the University College got burn down completely, resulting in a loss of Rs 10 lakh. The University and Police authorities immediately declared that it was sabotage, and the local Press called it a 'stab in the back' to the fledgeling University. Without saying so, they all told the police whom to implicate