JNU row: Former prof to return award to HRD

New Delhi, Feb 25 (PTI) After returning his Sahitya Akademi award to protest alleged intolerance, retired JNU professor Chaman Lal has decided to give back an award to the HRD Ministry in the wake of the raging row at the varsity. "I have decided to return the award containing a citation and Rs 50,000 cash, conferred on me by Central Hindi Directorate, MHRD, in the year 2003 by then Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for 'non-Hindi speaking area Hindi writer'.