A government medical college in Haryana’s Sonipat district has restricted the media’s entry into its premises as negative stories about the institute have rankled its director.
A few months ago, Bhagat Phool Singh Government Medical College for Women was in the news when its student Manushi Chhillar bagged the crown of Miss World. Now, it’s making headlines for all the wrong reasons. First, it’s in the eye of a storm as a student has accused a professor of harassment. Secondly, barring journalists from entering the college is getting it more bad press.
On December 29, a day after local media broke the story about a professor reportedly harassing a student, a notice was put up on the college board. It reads: “No media person is allowed to enter in the casualty [sic] without prior permission of the authority.”
