TEACHER-STUDENT CLASH: Committee fails to submit report

TEACHER-STUDENT CLASH
Committee fails to submit report
Archit Watts
Tribune News Service

Jammu, June 23
A three-member committee, constituted by the authorities of the University of Jammu (JU) to inquire into the incident of a clash between a teacher and a PhD aspirant, failed to submit its report within the stipulated time here today.

On June 18, after a scuffle between Prof Dipankar Sengupta, who was officer on special duty (OSD) to conduct the entrance examination of PhD in Buddhist Sciences, and a PhD aspirant, Lovejeet Singh, alias Jimmy, in the examination hall, the university authorities had constituted a committee under the leadership of Prof Rajnikant, assisted by Prof RK Ganjoo and Dr Shailender Jamwal, to look into the matter.

They were asked to submit the report till June 23 after to enable the university to take the final decision on the issue. However, the committee failed to submit its report today.

“I am out of the city, so we will submit the report likely by tomorrow. So far I can’t tell you anything about our findings,” said Prof Rajnikant.

“We had received a few complaints that some candidates were using unfair means in the examination. I went there and found some students talking to each other. I first stopped them from doing so, but they used an abusive language against me, resulting into a scuffle,” said Sengupta.

On the other hand, students had been demanding the immediate suspension of Prof Sengupta alleging that he had slapped the student.

“Our delegation has gone to Srinagar to apprise the Chief Minister about the matter, as a teacher can’t slap any student and that too when the student has not committed any mistake,” said Kapil, a student leader and Jimmy’s friend. He added that during the scuffle Jimmy was injured and got three stitches in his chest.

“This is the admission time in the university and any further delay in taking a decision with regard to the matter may lead to a major trouble, as students have threatened to go on a strike,” university officials said.

Courtesy: The Tribune