Three members of Parliament have written to the National Commission for Women, the Education Minister and the Chairman of University Grants Commission demanding a fair probe and a withdrawal of cases filed against 11 other students by the English and Foreign Languages University.
The Central university in Hyderabad has been in the eye of a storm from October 16 following an agitation by students demanding reconstitution of a committee for Sensitisation to, Prevention of, and Redressal for Sexual Harassment in the University. On October 18, hours after the students called off the protest, a student was allegedly sexually assaulted on the campus at 10 p.m.
Recalling the events, Kerala Lok Sabha member E.T. Mohammed Basheer wrote to the Education Minister demanding an investigation into the sexual harassment case and address the concerns raised by the students. He also advocated withdrawal of the FIRs filed against the other students.
