Kolkata: Eminent academicians including former vice chancellors from various parts of India Sunday hit the streets here to express solidarity with Jadavpur University students, who were allegedly assaulted by police for staging a protest against the purported sexual assault of a female student.

College and university teachers of West Bengal, besides representatives of teachers' organisations of 19 states, walked shoulder to shoulder from Dhakuria to the Jadavpur 8B stand near the university, condemning the police assault and demanding the resignation of acting vice chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarty.