Trichy (Tamil Nadu): A case of sexual harassment of a pupil of Nationwide Institute of Know-how (NIT), Trichy in her hostel has come to gentle. After the incident got here to gentle, protests began within the campus. The accused within the case has been arrested by the police.

It’s mentioned that 5 contract workers together with the accused had come to the ladies’s hostel of NIT to repair the fault in Wi-Fi. Throughout this, a pupil learning within the room was allegedly sexually harassed by an electrician. On this, the coed ran out of her room and knowledgeable different college students in regards to the incident.

This incident unfold anger among the many college students and so they gathered in entrance of the hostel and began protesting towards the hostel warden. The sufferer pupil additionally complained to the hostel warden, however the warden allegedly blamed her. Later, a grievance was lodged on this regard on the Tiruverumbur Ladies’s Police Station and the dad and mom of the sufferer pupil have been knowledgeable in regards to the incident.

The scholars expressed concern about their security within the campus and made a number of calls for. They’ve demanded that the hostel wardens get replaced and that the three wardens apologise for the alleged defamation. They’ve additionally demanded that any employees member visiting the hostel for work needs to be accompanied by a warden. Additionally, when the scholars are alone, their security needs to be ensured.