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Students astatine Jain University connected Thursday staged a protestation aft boycotting classes, demanding strict enactment against the Head of Department (HOD) who has been booked by the Tilak Nagar constabulary for allegedly sexually assaulting a BCA student.
The accused, identified arsenic Sanjeev Kumar Mondal, had allegedly invited the pupil to his residence nether the pretext of having luncheon with his family.
Students raised slogans and attempted to protestation wrong the Jayanagar field premises, prompting the medication to question constabulary assistance. Classes were subsequently called off, and students were asked to disperse.
The protestation comes days aft the FIR was registered against Sanjeev Kumar Mondal based connected a ailment by the student, who alleged that helium had called her home, touched her inappropriately by promising to assistance her unafraid attendance and afloat marks.
According to the complaint, the HOD had invited her for luncheon with his family, but erstwhile she arrived, helium was alone. The unfortunate reportedly escaped the location connected the pretext of an exigency and informed her parents, who aboriginal approached the assemblage absorption and the police. However, the HOD was released connected presumption bail connected the aforesaid day, sources told The Hindu.
Students connected Thursday had planned to taxable a memorandum to the absorption demanding the HOD’s contiguous suspension. “The students decided to protestation pursuing the ailment from 1 of their peers. The HOD was suspended the aforesaid time the FIR was filed. The constabulary were called lone to forestall immoderate untoward incident,” said a elder absorption representative. When asked astir allegations that protesting students were locked successful a league room, the authoritative refused to comment.
