Jadavpur University impasse can be solved through discussion: Minister

To a question on the alleged police lathi charge to end the gherao, the minister said it was the Vice-Chancellor Abijit Chakrabarti, who had sought police help for lifting the gherao and protecting the university property. “What can I do in this case?” he asked.

Thirty-five students of the university were arrested on Wednesday after the police forcibly lifted the gherao of the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar Wednesday morning. The students, who were demanding a fresh probe panel on alleged sexual harassment of a girl student inside the boys’ hostel earlier this month, gheraoed the nearby Jadavpur Police station demanding release of their classmates since morning.