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Thursday, October 25, 2007 (New Delhi)
Students of Ramjas College in Delhi University boycotted all classes on Thursday after a huge controversy erupted in the morning.
Students at the college protested throughout the day against the Vice Principal as a group of political science students have accused him of sexual harassment.
13 male students have complained that over the last few months, the Vice Principal summoned them individually to his house off campus and promised them good marks, if they gave in to his requests.
What those requests were is not mentioned in the official complaint.
''When few students discussed the issue, they realised that they all had a problem. That is when they decided to complain,'' said Neeraj, President, Ramjas Student Union.
Kumar Rahul, Lecturer, Political Science department said, ''The vice principal has been a political science teacher here for more than 20 years and now, staff members say that sexual harassment is not new to this campus.''
But surprisingly no action has been taken so far against the Vice Principal.
''The Supreme Court has ordered each college to have a cell that deals with sexual harassment. Ramjas is one of the few colleges in Delhi to have met that requirement.
''Its committee will spend the next few days inquiring into this complaint and then it will be up to the Vice Chancellor of Delhi University to decide what happens next,'' said Dr Rajendra Prasad, Principal of Ramjas College.
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