Kolkata, Aug 21 (PTI) Jadavpur University authorities on Friday lodged police complaints over the violence that broke out on its campus here, officials said.
One of the complaints was lodged over a crowd’s entry to the campus at midnight, the attempt to damage the main gate, setting on fire festoons and locking some students inside one of the buildings, they said.
“The complaint sought an investigation, and asked the police to prevent recurrence of such incidents on the campus,” an official of the state-run varsity said.
The university also formed a high-level committee comrising three members to look into the circumstances and factors that led to the August 19 midnight incident, when a group entered the campus, and subsequent developments, including damage to two heritage emblems, Vice-Chancellor Chiranjib Bhattacharya told reporters.
The committee will pass on its recommendations to the police.
“Another complaint was lodged in connection with scaling the varsity’s gate number 4, damaging the historic emblem of the varsity crafted by legendary painter Nandalal Bose, and the pelting of stones and water bottles,” he said.
A clash broke out between members of ABVP and Left-leaning student groups at the Jadavpur University early Thursday, with both sides accusing each other of bringing outsiders into the campus.
Several students were injured in the clash, and some of them were taken to a hospital, officials said, adding that fire was set at various places on the main campus in south Kolkata.
The confrontation started over a meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students’ Union (FETSU) on Wednesday and continued late into the night.
Meanwhile, Left-leaning student unions like the SFI and DSO took out a joint march from the Jadavpur University campus during the day to protest against alleged vandalism on the university premises and damage to the JU emblem.
Vehicular traffic was disrupted, as around 2,000 students walked along S C Mallik Road, raising slogans, the officials said.
The Jadavpur University Teachers’ Association (JUTA) observed a half-day ‘ceasework’ in protest against the developments on the campus during the past two days.
The ABVP also staged a demonstration in College Street area. PTI SUS RBT
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