Nearly a week after students at Delhi University’s Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW) alleged that some men scaled its boundary wall and harassed them during their annual fest, the college authorities submitted statements of over 225 students to the Delhi Police. Students who wished to give statements were called and their statements were recorded by the college admin, said police. Senior officers said the college principal compiled the 225 complaints/ grievances and sent them. On Wednesday, police had bound down five students of Delhi University and Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University — three from Motilal Nehru College, one from Sri Venkateswara College and one from GGSIPU — in connection with the case. They were called to the police station and later released. The students will have to remain present before the investigating officer (IO) whenever required and can’t leave the city or the country without informing the officer. In its first response to the incident on Monday, the college administration had released a statement seeking help from students to identify those responsible. The administration further requested students and other stakeholders of the college to submit their complaints with the committee along with proof of misbehaviour. “The complaints, photos and videos are requested to be submitted with the administrative officer of the college. the management of the college believes that all those individuals who are responsible for this unfortunate incident should be punished by the law-enforcing agency and for that purpose, all information provided to the college will be forwarded to the law-enforcing agencies,” the notification said. On Monday, DU had also issued a notification stating that a five-member panel had been formed to look into the incident. College students as well as student groups have been protesting for the past four days demanding principal Poonam Kumria’s resignation over the incident. (Edited by Nikitha Phyllis)
