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High Court Takes Up Campus Security Plea After JU Violence
A high court will hear a case about keeping unauthorized people off university campuses.
The hearing was scheduled for August 31.
The request followed alleged violence at Jadavpur University on August 20.
A lawyer said suspected ABVP supporters entered the campus with outsiders.
Students alleged that people were threatened and that parts of the campus were vandalized.
They also reported that flaming rags were thrown at students inside Aurobindo Bhavan.
The lawyer said stronger security was needed to protect students, hostels, and staff quarters.
Jadavpur University had already added cameras, guards, and former Army personnel, but the lawyer said the violence still happened.
The high court agreed to hear a campus-security case on August 31.
Lawyer Soumya Dasgupta linked the plea to alleged violence at Jadavpur University on August 20.
Suspected ABVP supporters and alleged outsiders were accused of entering the campus twice.
Students alleged threats, vandalism, flaming rags, and obscene gestures during the incident.
The university had installed CCTV cameras, deployed guards, and added a 32-member ex-Army security team.
- Who
- The Calcutta high court division bench, lawyer Soumya Dasgupta, Jadavpur University authorities, and suspected ABVP supporters are central to the report.
- What
- The high court agreed to hear a case seeking stronger measures to prevent outsiders from entering university and college campuses.
- Where
- Jadavpur University in Bengal.
- When
- The alleged violence occurred on August 20, and the court agreed to hear the case on August 31.
- Why
- The lawyer sought court directions after alleged outsiders entered the campus despite existing security measures.
Key facts
- Court action
- A division bench headed by acting Chief Justice Tapabrata Chakraborty agreed to hear the case.
- Hearing date
- August 31.
- Reported incident
- Suspected ABVP supporters allegedly entered Jadavpur University twice on August 20, around 1am and again in the afternoon.
- Allegations
- Students alleged threats, vandalism, flaming rags, and obscene gestures toward women.
- Existing security
- The university said CCTV cameras had been installed and additional guards deployed.
- Additional force
- A 32-member team of ex-Army personnel began campus security work in early January, with salaries paid by the state government.
Quotes
Soumya Dasgupta
Lawyer who urged the high court to address outsider entry and campus security.
“As the Jadavpur University authorities have failed to prevent the entry of outsiders, I pray that I be allowed to incorporate this issue into the case already filed and that a date for hearing be fixed.”
telegraphindia.com
“We told the court that it needs to be found out under whose instructions the gates were opened. The court must issue a set of directions to ensure that this does not happen again.”
telegraphindia.com
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