- A female student studying at IIT-BHU came under attack from bike-borne men outside the campus late Wednesday night, who forcibly kissed her, stripped her, and also recorded a video.
- A massive protest was held at the Indian Institute of Technology-BHU in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday morning.
- Secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) unit of BHU, demanded that the accused should be identified and strict possible action should be ensured against them.
- Meanwhile, the institute administration has decided to keep all the barricades at the campus closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
- A senior police officer said that teams have been formed to arrest the accused.
A massive protest was held at the Indian Institute of Technology-BHU in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi on Thursday morning after a woman student institute was harassed outside the college campus by unknown bike-borne men late Wednesday night, who forcibly kissed her, stripped her, and also recorded a video.
After the incident came to light, hundreds of students of IIT-BHU gathered in protest at the director’s office and also took to the streets, raising slogans. Students holding placards reached the campus with chants of “We want a closed campus”, demanding that the entry of outsiders should be banned on the campus.
In the protest, they questioned the safety of students and demanded better security arrangements, claiming that girls are not safe as there are no security personnel in most of the areas of the institute. A first information report has been registered in this connection against three unidentified persons based on a complaint filed by the woman student, police said.
In her complaint, the woman said that she came out of her hostel late Wednesday night to meet a friend near the Gandhi Smriti Hostel intersection. Both of them were going together when three men came on a motorcycle and approached them, said police. “They shut my mouth tightly and took me to a corner, kissed me forcibly, took off all my clothes, and recorded photos and videos. They let me go after 10-15 minutes,” read the complaint.
Abhay Singh, secretary of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) unit of BHU, demanded that the accused should be identified and strict possible action should be ensured against them.
Meanwhile, the institute administration has decided to keep all the barricades at the campus closed from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
A senior police officer said that teams have been formed to arrest the accused. “Multiple teams are working on the case and we will arrest the accused soon,” the officer said.
A varsity official told the press that at least 2,000 students were sitting in protest at the institute since Thursday morning. The students are demanding better security arrangements, and want a system where no one can enter the campus without an identification card of the institute. Senior officials of the institute are holding talks with them and we are looking into their demands,” the official said.
(With inputs from agencies)
