On April 5, the District Police Office, Dhanusha arrested 50-year-old Ramprabesh Das of Bardibas Municipality-6, who works as an assistant accountant at Ramswaroop Ramsagar Multiple Campus, for allegedly planning the incident of smearing black soot and mistreatment upon Campus Chief Dr. Basanta Karna.
Former campus chairperson Manish Yadav stated that on April 3, while Campus Chief Karna was inspecting the science faculty block, two unidentified youths smeared him with black soot and absconded. Yadav has stated that if the accused are not arrested and prosecuted promptly, they will launch a phased protest. On April 5, the aggrieved professor Karna filed a complaint at the District Police Office, Dhanusha, against the alleged planner Das.
DSP Barun Bahadur Singh of the District Police Office, Dhanusha, stated that police are investigating the matter.