Journalism of Courage
Students of Jadavpur University carried out a march to handover memorandum to Governor demanding Vice Chancellor's resignation in Kolkata on Saturday. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
Several hundreds of students of Jadavpur University and other institutions took part in the march from Nandan to Mayo road in Kolkata on Saturday. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
Students have been boycotting classes demanding the VC’s resignation over the ongoing stalemate in the August 28 molestation case in campus following a police crackdown on agitating students. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
The agitating students have held the VC responsible for police action against them on campus in the wee hours of September 17 when they had gheraoed the VC, Registrar and other officials seeking a fresh probe panel into a molestation case. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
Thirty-five students of the university were arrested on September 17 after the police forcibly lifted the gherao of the Vice-Chancellor and Registrar. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
The students, who were demanding a fresh probe panel on alleged sexual harassment of a girl student inside the boys’ hostel on August 28, gheraoed the nearby Jadavpur Police station demanding release of their classmates. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
Students from Presidency University, Calcutta University and other educational institutions joined those from JU for the march in a show of solidarity. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
The march started from the state-run Nandan, the cultural hub of the city, and the students were later scheduled to give a deputation to Governor KN Tripathi, who is also the JU chancellor. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
The protesters raised slogans against the police, the varsity's Vice Chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarti and the Trinamool Congress government. The march caused a gridlock in the central business district of the city. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
Many of the students alleged they were brutally beaten up by police inside the campus that night. (Source: Express photo by Subham Dutta)
