E-zine row: St Stephen’s suspends editor
17 April 2015 5:22 AM IST
Amidst a controversy over the banning of a student e-zine by St Stephen’s Principal Valson Thampu, its editor has now been suspended from the college till April 23 on disciplinary grounds. “Devansh Mehta has been found guilty of breaching the discipline of the college by a one-man inquiry commission, the report of which has been posted on the college website.
“He is suspended with immediate effect till April 23, 2015,” Thampu said in the suspension order issued on Wednesday. “During... his suspension, the campus of the college in its entirety shall be out of bounds for him,” he added. Mehta had along with three other students started an e-zine, ‘St Stephen’s Weekly’ which went live on March 7 and registered over 2,000 hits on an interview of Thampu, following which the principal ordered a ban on the publication for not taking his clearance on the content.
“He is suspended with immediate effect till April 23, 2015,” Thampu said in the suspension order issued on Wednesday. “During... his suspension, the campus of the college in its entirety shall be out of bounds for him,” he added. Mehta had along with three other students started an e-zine, ‘St Stephen’s Weekly’ which went live on March 7 and registered over 2,000 hits on an interview of Thampu, following which the principal ordered a ban on the publication for not taking his clearance on the content.
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