JU Meet Discusses Probe Into Campus Violence

Protests continue, minister calls up injured student's family

- Press Trust of India Kolkata, March 4

The Jadavpur University authorities on Tuesday discussed the issue of ordering a high-level probe into the March 1 violence inside the campus during protests by Left and ultra-Left student outfits in the presence of education minister Bratya Basu, an official said.

A senior university official said in the meeting, officiating vice chancellor Bhaskar Gupta, other officials and representatives of four teachers' organisations unanimously decided to take up with the higher education department about holding student union polls which had been pending since 2020.

Gupta, who is not well, attended the meeting virtually from his home. Acting registrar Indrajit Banerjee and other senior officials were physically present.

Protests erupted on March 1, when two students were injured after a car in Basu's convoy allegedly grazed past them during a melee.