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A protestation by students affiliated to the Students Federation of India (SFI) seeking a “fair” enquiry into intersexual harassment complaints wrong the campuses of Pondicherry University turned unruly connected Thursday (October 9, 2025) midnight starring to the detention of astatine slightest 10 students.
The students had launched a protestation seeking reconstitution of Internal Complaints Committee arsenic they felt that the existing sheet was incapable to render “justice” to victims of intersexual harassment successful its campus.
As the protestation raged wrong the main field connected Thursday (October 9) night, constabulary were summoned to quell the volatile situation.
Police said the University medication has agreed to reconstitute ICC and to stock details of minutes of the gathering the students had with the Vice Chancellor immoderate clip ago.
However, the students were not relenting to determination retired of the Administrative Block country to clasp the protest. “There is simply a wide tribunal bid banning immoderate signifier of protestation wrong 100 m of the Administrative block. They besides tried to support the VC and constabulary captive successful the campus, truthful we detained astir 10 students,” said a elder constabulary officer.
On the different hand, students person accused the University absorption and constabulary of precocious handedness successful dealing with the protestors. “From Thursday greeting we are seeking an assemblage with VC and Registrar but that did not happen. We were physically dragged from the protestation site. Our demands are genuine and volition proceed the protest, “ said a student.
A delegation of Congress workers led by erstwhile Minister R. Kamalakannan had met Lieutenant Governor K. Kailashnathan connected Wednesday seeking his involution successful holding an enquiry into intersexual harassment charges raised by students against a PU module astatine Karaikal campus.
The University has powerfully rebutted allegations of intersexual harassment charges against the module astatine Karaikal. “A squad of elder University officials visited the Karaikal field and recovered the allegations to beryllium untrue. The allegations were based connected an aged audio file. The University has a robust mechanics to code immoderate interest a pupil mightiness have. The instauration has zero tolerance argumentation towards intersexual harassment cases,” a University merchandise said.
