Bengal’s education min visits Jadavpur molestation victim

Amidst the controversy surrounding the alleged molestation of a Jadavpur University female student, the West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee meet the victim at her residence here on Sunday.

‘He (Chatterjee) came to visit my daughter. He stayed here for around 20 minutes,’ said the victim’s father. 

Chatterjee’s visit, however, has evoked criticism from certain quarters following his decision to bring with him Shankudeb Panda, the chief of Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP), student wing of the Trinamool Congress.

The TMCP has called a rally on Monday to protest against the demonstration organised by the university students seeking an independent probe into the alleged molestation of the female student as well as the removal of vice chancellor Abhijit Chakrabarty.

Many students were injured when police allegedly beat them up on Wednesday for laying siege to Chakrabarty’s office and seeking a fresh inquiry.

The education minister later went to Raj Bhavan and met governor and University chancellor KN Tripathi.

A delegation of Jadavpur students met Tripathi on Saturday to put forth their demands including removal of Chakrabarty and an independent probe in the molestation case.