CHANDIGARH, India Sept 18: Students of a private university in Indian state Punjab’s Mohali held a protest on the campus after videos of several women students were posted on social media, police said Sunday. The protest was held on the university campus located at Ludhiana-Chandigarh road past midnight.
The woman student who was involved in sharing the videos online has been apprehended. She had made videos of some women students and sent those to a youth in Shimla who allegedly uploaded those on social media, they said.
Police said an investigation into the matter was underway.
The massive protest broke out on the Chandigarh University campus after someone recorded objectionable videos at a girls’ hostel. Situation went out of control after a hostel resident tried to commit suicide. However, the university management claimed that no girl had tried to commit suicide rather few girls had 'fainted'.
As per sources, three residents of the girls’ hostel approached the warden and claimed that one of the residents had been making objectionable videos. "The video of the warden, which is being circulated on the social media, has been made purposely. The warden was crosschecking the allegations made by the three hostel residents. We have investigated the matter and no objectionable video was found. Moreover, the hostel residents who are seen protesting in the circulated videos were also informed about the same. There has been no suicide attempt on the campus. Rather some girls had fainted in anticipation of their objectionable videos being circulated on social media. They were given first aid and have been sent back to campus. All the details of the incident have been submitted to the police," said a senior official of the university.
Meanwhile, the students said that the videos had been circulated intentionally by the university management to pass on the blame on hostel residents. "The complaints of the three girls should have been handled in a professional way. The warden is clearly seen threatening the residents," said one of the students.
Meanwhile, many Chandigarh University hostel residents protested and raised slogans against the varsity management for mishandling the situation, in the wee hours of Saturday night. In various videos, the residents are seen demanding justice and abusing the Indian police personnel on the campus. The protesters can be seen opening the hostel gates and trying to run outside the campus.
"The protest took an ugly turn when the warden and other officials kept on pressurising other students for filing a false complaint against the alleged accused. They should have investigated the matter first, instead of blaming the student. And if the video was made purposely, why did they circulate it on social media?" asked one of the hostel residents.
On Sunday morning, heavy police force was deployed outside the campus to avoid any untoward situation.
The incident is also likely to cause political uproar considering Chandigarh University Chancellor Sandhu's proximity to BJP's Central leadership.
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Protest breaks out in Chandigarh University after someone secretly recorded videos of girls from hostel bathroom and leaked them online. University administration is trying to muzzle the protest, according to a student : @PunYaab