Kolkata: Jadavpur University on Sunday determined to droop a fourth-year chemical engineering pupil from his ongoing eighth semester, together with attending lessons and showing for exams, and has debarred him from getting into campus and hostel premises following an incident of verbal abuse, slut shaming, bodily assault and sexual harassment of some college students on campus on Nov 18, 2025. He was additionally discovered responsible in one other incident in Sept the place a pupil sustained a head damage. Punishments, starting from withholding of outcomes and levels for six months to a yr, ineligibility for additional admission in JU, not collaborating in convocation, and never collaborating in any extracurricular exercise, have been accepted towards six different college students on the EC assembly. Among the six college students, 4 have been discovered responsible within the Nov 18 incident. Two others have been concerned within the Sept incident. JU shaped a panel after Nov 18 and had debarred 4 college students from the campus until the probe was full.The panel’s report stated the chemical engineering pupil used “abusive, derogatory, sexually coloured, and objectionable language, particularly against female students and members of the arts faculty, in the presence of students and security personnel”, and bodily assaulted male college students, in two situations on Nov 18. Two fourth-year manufacturing engineering college students, a civil engineering pupil and a chemical engineering pupil joined him and initiated violent assaults on some college students close to Aurobindo Bhavan on that day. The panel stated, “The conduct of these students demonstrates unlawful aggression, intimidation, group violence, wilful disobedience of security and administrative authorities, and gross indiscipline.”An EC member stated, “The main accused — the chemical engineering fourth-year student — has been suspended from all academic activities in his ongoing eighth semester, apart from other penalties. Four fourth-year students can attend classes and appear for exams but their results and degrees will be withheld for six months to a year. Two other students have admitted their mistakes so, their degrees will not be withheld. But the rest of the punishments are same for all six.”
