In a concerning incident at Visva Bharati University in Shantiniketan, West Bengal, three female students alleged sexual harassment and mental abuse against a guest professor. The students filed a a complaint at the Shantiniketan police station, citing intimidation tactics and obscene messages sent on their mobile phones.
FIR filed against professor
On March 28, an FIR was filed at the Shantiniketan police station, and the complaint was documented in the court of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Belpur. According to reports, the students from the institute's Persian, Urdu and Islamic Studies department said that the professor threatened with failing them in their exams if they did not comply with his demands.
One of the students reportedly said, "The professor threatened us with physical and mental abuse several times by threatening us that he will make us fail the exam. He even sent obscene messages on our WhatsApp. We are terrified. So I approached the police."
Professor denied accusations
However, the professor denied the allegations. "I have been a teacher here for a considerable period, and never before have I encountered such accusations," he told PTI.
Sudipta Bhattacharya, the spokesperson for the Visva-Bharati University Faculty Association, has called for a prompt and thorough inquiry into the allegations.
