Chandigarh university 'leaked video' row: protesting students call off stir after ‘demands met’

Chandigarh University Row: Protesting students at the Chandigarh University called off their stir on Monday after the police pacified the protesting students and ensured fair probe

The students had been protesting since Sunday night over the allegations that private videos of female students in university hostels were leaked online. So far, the accused woman, a 23-year-old man from Himachal Pradesh and his friend have been held by cops in the case.

Meanwhile the varsity has shut classes for the next 6 days and transfer of all hostel wardens has been initiated.

Punjab's Additional Director General of Police, Gurpreet Deo, who reached the Chandigarh University campus to take stock of the situation after the Saturday night protests, told reporters that the woman student appeared to have shared a video of herself with the youth and no objectionable video of any other student was found.

University authorities also rejected as "false and baseless" reports that claimed videos of several women students in the varsity hostel were made and leaked on social media and that distraught students had attempted suicide.

During the Sunday evening protest by a large number of students, including male, many accused the university authorities of "suppressing facts" related to the alleged videos and '"suicide attempt'' by a student. Some students claimed that leaked videos were leaked.

Most of the protesters were dressed in black clothes and chanted "we want justice" in the presence of police. They raised slogans against police as well.

With PTI Inputs

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