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HoaXposed: Coimbatore college isn’t debarring students who wink like actor Priya Varrier

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Officials at VLB Janakiammal College have confirmed that the circular is fake.

New Delhi: A purported circular from a college in Coimbatore has been doing the rounds on social media in which authorities threaten to debar female students for a year if they imitate the now viral wink by Malayalam actor Priya Varrier.

The ‘circular’ which claims to bears a signature of the principal says: “Many faculties are complaining that certain female students are imitating the ‘viral eye winks’ of Ms Priya Prakash Warrier, in the classroom. We have installed CCTV cameras in all classrooms to monitor such activities. If found guilty such perpetrators will be debarred for one year from the college.”

The image of the ‘circular’ has been been retweeted multiple times, including by former Congress leader Tehseen Poonawalla.

The fake circular has been shared multiple times online, and there’s even a news report based on it as well.

What the college said

However, college authorities say that the image is fake, and was actually a circular against the serving of soft drinks on campus.

“Some students had changed the previous circular on soft drinks, which came out in 2017,” Arun Pratesh K., a Design and Media Associate at VLBJ College of Arts & Sciences, told ThePrint in a telephonic interview.

The college has also shared the original circular on its Facebook page to debunk the picture that is doing the rounds on social media. The college has pointed out that the circular was issued in January 2017 and not in 2018.

The college has clarified that there is no other circular issued and people should ‘beware’ of other circulars doing the rounds.

This the original version and the only version. Pls note that it was issued on 24/1/2017. There are no other…

VLBJ College of Arts & Science यांनी वर पोस्ट केले रविवार, १८ मार्च, २०१८

The clip featuring Priya Varrier from the upcoming Malayalam film ‘Oru Aadaar Love’ went viral in February 2018. While Varrier shot to fame overnight, the video spawned several memes and other videos imitating her.

Multiple cases were also filed against the teenage actor, but they were stayed by the Supreme Court.

 

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