It was the night of 28th August, 2014. A renowned state aided institute in Calcutta, The Jadavpur University was hosting its freshers fest. Amidst such an event a female student was allegedly dragged to the boys' hostel and sexually assaulted by a group of 10 men for no reason. No one among the several other people and the college authorities stood up against this violence. The next day the girl was debarred from coming to college.
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| Let there be a roar! |
This is when a group of students from the same college stood up to fight for her. The matter of investigation was taken over by the college authorities but nothing was actually done. So the students stood in silent protest on the night of 16th of September and demanded an explanation from the Vice Chancellor of their college. No one had any intention in creating havoc or assaulting the Vice Chancellor. They just wanted an explanation as to why no action was being taken on their part to investigate into the matter. The Vice Chancellor didn't care to come out. Instead he employed a group of goons to beat up the students. Even the police were called who instead of arresting the goons, helped them by beating more of the students. Most of them had to be admitted to the hospital and some of them are fighting for their lives. The women who stood up in the protest were molested too and they were hurt brutally.
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| Students walk the rally on 20th September. |
A commissioner of police said "We were negotiating with the students since 8pm but they did not relent. Around 1.30am, when the talks did not work, we decided to initiate the process of rescuing the VC and there was a scuffle between the students and the police. The students hurled stones at the police and 11 of our personnel were injured".
Students on the other hand alleged that the police manhandled them and even molested girl students who were protesting. Video footage also shows that there was no woman police officer around. They claimed that the police switched off the lights and dragged, kicked, slapped and punched them. According to their version, only two women personnel were present and policemen assaulted girls.The complaint read that the VC initiated “a movement against the students wherein the women were molested, sexually and mentally assaulted, while goons from a reputed political party walked over bodies of the women after switching the lights off”.
This was the price given to the people, the students, the future of our country, who tried to raise their voice against the evil. This is to all the students from all over India. We want you all to know how we, the people of Calcutta are being ruled by a Government which promised to transform Calcutta to London, but what actually happened after they got elected is that the number of molestations and injustices got increased. We are not being ruled by leaders but goons. Here, a Minister says “If you don’t vote for us, we will rape your women” and he is not arrested. We want support from each and every student of not only Calcutta but whole India.
We want our message to reach the Central authorities ruling this country. We are a democracy and the power lies in our hands. We will stand by that very girl who didn't receive her justice from the college authorities and we will fight till the government collapses. Please it’s a request, help us bring a change. Let this reach the higher authority. Calling to all the students of India, stand by us and help us cleanse Calcutta of its wrongs because if it continues this way, then a day will come when it will no longer be possible for any woman to live in Calcutta without any fear.
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| More than 7000 people walked the peace protest rally on 20th September |
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