Jadavpur University forms team to probe alleged moral policing on campus
A group of women submitted a complaint after four engineering students ‘passed inappropriate comments’. The letter states that a student was hospitalised during a scuffle after the comments.
Jadavpur University launched an investigation after four engineering students were accused of moral policing. (File) Jadavpur University has formed a four-member team to investigate an incident of alleged moral policing on campus involving four fourth-year engineering students.
According to a senior JU official, a group of women submitted a complaint to Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharjee, alleging that they were assaulted on the playground and later in the corridor of Aurobindo Bhawan.
According to university sources, and a viral purported video, four engineering students allegedly confronted some students on Tuesday evening after “seeing objectionable acts” and “holding hands” in the playground. The men allegedly passed inappropriate comments and questioned their behaviour. A heated altercation followed between the two groups, after which campus security escorted the engineering students out.
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