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ABVP protests at St.Stephen’s College over sexual harassment

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New Delhi: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) on Friday staged protests at St. Stephen’s College in the north campus here over the alleged sexual harassment of a doctoral student by an assistant professor of the college.

Waving flags, members of the RSS’s students wing entered the college premises and sat outside college principal Valson Thampu’s office while raising slogans and demanding his resignation.

Speaking during the protest, ABVP’s Delhi state secretary Saket Bahuguna said: “We condemn the attempts of Stephen’s principal to mislead the victim and to impose his view on her.”

“The audio recording made public by the victim today (Friday) clearly shows his involvement in trying to cover up the crime.”

“We demand his immediate resignation. Also, the university administration should take adequate steps to ensure that such cases are dealt with in the right manner by the HoDs (heads of department) and college principal.”

“In this case, the DU administration should also initiate inquiry against the principal,” he said.

“We will stand by the girl student till she gets justice,” ABVP state secretary Rohit Chahal told IANS.

Delhi University Students’ Union president Mohit Nagar, vice president Parvesh Malik, joint secretary Ashutosh Mathur also participated in the protest.

The research scholar has alleged that Satish Kumar, an assistant professor of chemistry, harassed her for two years.

The alleged victim, from a rural background, said her harassment started soon after her course began in 2013. Later, her parents spoke to the assistant professor and college principal Valson Thampu. But to no avail.

In her First Information Report (FIR) with police, she also alleged that Thampu made her sign declarations suppressing the incident, a charge he has rejected.

Earlier, the Delhi High Court put on hold the arrest of Satish Kumar.

Justice Indermeet Kaur also issued notice to Delhi Police on Kumar’s plea directing them to file a status report with regard to the progress made in the investigation of the case before the next date of hearing.

 

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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