Week after death, I-card must to enter Jadavpur University campus; State forms probe panel

Also, identity proofs of visitors will be screened with their names, addresses, purpose of visit and the concerned university official whom they wish to meet to be recorded at the entry. Vehicles, including two-wheelers entering the campus, will have to now bear stickers issued by the university.

“Use of narcotics/alcohol or other illegal substances and any illegal acts in any part of the campus is strictly prohibited. If anyone is found with such activity, he/she will be prosecuted as per law,” read the circular.

Registrar (JU) Snehamanju Basu said that CCTVs would be installed at various places for monitoring.

“CCTVs will be installed at certain strategic points, which will include several entry and exit gates. Since the electrical engineering department will take a call on the issue of installation with the firm under contract, the entire exercise will take some time,” Basu said.

The registrar, however, added that any decision to install CCTVs across the campus and in hostel compounds can only be taken by the university’s Executive Council (EC), the decision-making body of the varsity, which is yet to convene a meeting.

The EC has not been functioning in the university in the absence of a vice-chancellor.

Meanwhile, the West Bengal government has formed a four-member committee to probe into the alleged administrative lapses connected with the death of the 17-year-old student who was allegedly ragged and sexually harassed by his seniors before he fell from the hostel’s balcony last Thursday. The committee has been asked to submit its report in two weeks, said state Higher Education Department officials. The members of the committee are the vice-chairperson (academic) of the West Bengal State Council of Higher Education, the member-secretary of the council, the director of public instruction and the special commissioner of the higher education department. The notice said the panel will identify these and take corrective steps.

So far, police have arrested nine persons in connection with the death of the first-year Bengali (Hons) student. Police have registered a murder case based on a complaint filed by the student’s father. Out of the nine, four are former students of Jadavpur University who used to live in the hostel.

Meanwhile, Dean of Students and Convenor of Anti-Ragging Committee Rajat Ray was questioned by Kolkata Police for more than two hours at its Lalbazar headquarters.