Jadavpur sexual harassment case: Students continue to gherao VC, registrar

The gherao of the Vice Chancellor and registrar of Jadavpur University by protesting students continued late into the night, as the varsity’s students’ body demanded a fresh probe panel to be set up to investigate the matter of the alleged sexual harassment of a female student on its campus. [caption id=“attachment_1715997” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Image from official site of Jadavpur university[/caption] The students’ union demanded a fresh probe panel and insisted that the gherao would not be lifted until some assurance was given in the matter. Additional Commissioner of Police Debasish Roy along with a strong contingent of police rushed to the campus to control the situation but the impasse continued as the students could not be convinced to withdraw their agitation till midnight. The vice chancellor is learnt to have slammed the gherao as “torture”. He said that the matter could be resolved through discussion. Police said the students gheraoed VC Souvik Bhattacharya and registrar Pradip Ghosh to protest against the incident which reportedly occured inside the campus at a boys’ hostel and the delay in the investigation of the same. The state government has appealed to the students to lift the gherao while education minister Partho Chatterjee said, “This is undemocratic, they must lift the gherao and talk with the authorities.” PTI