North Bengal University vice-chancellor Somnath Ghosh yesterday said he would form a committee within 24 hours to recommend measures to be taken to tighten security on the campus where a research scholar was allegedly molested on August 15.
Ghosh promised the panel at a meeting between the authorities and students in the wake of the molestation of a research scholar by a bike rider on the campus on Monday.
The students said they would not hold the protest till Tuesday on the request of the VC.
After the meeting, the VC said: "Today, we conducted a meeting to hear the grievances of the students and research scholars regarding the lapses in the security arrangements at the NBU. We have taken a decision to form a committee with representatives from among research scholars, students, teachers, officials, and employees within 24 hours to discuss the security problems and recommend safety measures that can be implemented on the campus. The registrar will be the committee's convener and the members will be asked to submit an interim report in two-three weeks."
Ghosh said the students and the research scholars had demanded that the whole campus be brought under CCTV surveillance and the gaps in the boundary wall be closed.
"We have already started the process of CCTV installation and officials of Webel, the state government agency for technology development, visited the NBU last week to conduct a survey of the campus for the installation of the cameras. The cameras will be installed in a phased manner on a priority basis. Closing the gaps in the boundary wall may be resisted by villagers in the immediate vicinity of the varsity as they have been using those gaps to commute for several years now," he added.
According to the VC, the villagers need to be convinced through members of the local gram panchayats and officials of the local administration and Matigara police station about the need to block the gaps and it will take time.
[Via: Telegraph]
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