<p>The Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University has set up a probe team to inquire into the playing of “vulgar” Bhojpuri songs allegedly after the national flag was hoisted on the occasion of Independence Day, official sources said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The incident, the video of which went viral on social media, drew widespread criticism, prompting the IIT administration to constitute a committee to inquire into the matter.</p>.<p>An official of the IIT (BHU) said on Tuesday that like every year, a programme was organised to hoist the national flag on the Independence day at the Gymkhana ground.</p>.<p>After the programme ended and when the teachers and non-teaching staff left the venue, some youths linked the music system with their mobile phones, played some Bhojpuri songs, and began dancing to them.</p>.<p>He added that as soon as the staff heard the “vulgar songs”, they switched off the music system and asked the youths to leave the venue.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/iit-hyderabad-launches-atomic-energy-regulatory-board-approved-msc-in-medical-physics-1133139.html" target="_blank">IIT-Hyderabad launches Atomic Energy Regulatory Board-approved MSc in Medical Physics</a></strong></p>.<p>Joint Registrar Rajan Srivastava said that the institute has taken cognisance of the dance on indecent Bhojpuri songs, and a committee has been formed to probe the incident.</p>.<p>"Action will be taken after the probe report comes," he said.</p>.<p>Teachers and intellectuals alike termed the incident as “objectionable and indecent.”</p>.<p>Anil Upadhyay, a former professor of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, said that such incidents should not have taken place on such an auspicious occasion.</p>.<p>"BHU has its own illustrious history and the BHU administration should have stopped an incident of this type," he said.</p>.<p>Many others from the teaching community have expressed concern over the incident.</p>
<p>The Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University has set up a probe team to inquire into the playing of “vulgar” Bhojpuri songs allegedly after the national flag was hoisted on the occasion of Independence Day, official sources said on Tuesday.</p>.<p>The incident, the video of which went viral on social media, drew widespread criticism, prompting the IIT administration to constitute a committee to inquire into the matter.</p>.<p>An official of the IIT (BHU) said on Tuesday that like every year, a programme was organised to hoist the national flag on the Independence day at the Gymkhana ground.</p>.<p>After the programme ended and when the teachers and non-teaching staff left the venue, some youths linked the music system with their mobile phones, played some Bhojpuri songs, and began dancing to them.</p>.<p>He added that as soon as the staff heard the “vulgar songs”, they switched off the music system and asked the youths to leave the venue.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/iit-hyderabad-launches-atomic-energy-regulatory-board-approved-msc-in-medical-physics-1133139.html" target="_blank">IIT-Hyderabad launches Atomic Energy Regulatory Board-approved MSc in Medical Physics</a></strong></p>.<p>Joint Registrar Rajan Srivastava said that the institute has taken cognisance of the dance on indecent Bhojpuri songs, and a committee has been formed to probe the incident.</p>.<p>"Action will be taken after the probe report comes," he said.</p>.<p>Teachers and intellectuals alike termed the incident as “objectionable and indecent.”</p>.<p>Anil Upadhyay, a former professor of Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, said that such incidents should not have taken place on such an auspicious occasion.</p>.<p>"BHU has its own illustrious history and the BHU administration should have stopped an incident of this type," he said.</p>.<p>Many others from the teaching community have expressed concern over the incident.</p>