The students’ protest demanding the reconstitution of the SPARSH (Sensitisation, Prevention, and Redressal of Sexual Harassment) committee was launched on Monday, 16 October.
“We had protested to make the committee active again. After protesting for two days straight and missing our classes, the proctor finally said the admin would create a coordination committee and reconstitute SPARSH. But we were asked to wait till the students’ union elections scheduled to be held next month,” a second-year MA student, who wanted to remain anonymous, told The Quint.
However, the incident of assault – and the subsequent response by the administration – has angered students.
“We are quite surprised by the admin’s statement about the ICC ‘immediately acting upon the incident’, given how insensitively the health centre dealt with the issue,” a second-year PhD student at EFLU claimed.
According to the students, the survivor was asked by the health centre staff why she went on a walk at night…