Jadavpur molestation: Gherao won't be lifted till fresh probe, say students

September 17, 2014 11:13

Jadavpur molestation: Last night, additional commissioner of Police Debasish Roy along with a strong contingent of police rushed to the campus to control the situation but the impasse continued as the students could not be convinced till midnight to withdraw their agitation.

The students' union demand a fresh probe panel and insist that the gherao would not be lifted until some assurance was given in the matter.

The vice chancellor is learnt to have slammed the gherao as "torture".

He said that the matter could be resolved through discussion.Police said the students gheraoed VC Souvik Bhattacharya and registrar Pradip Ghosh to protest against the August 28 incident inside the campus at a boys' hostel and the delay in the investigation of the same

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