SAU suspends two hostel staffers after pupil alleges try to suppress sexual assault

The South Asian University (SAU) has suspended two hostel staffers, days after a first-year pupil alleged that she was sexually assaulted on campus and the 2 tried to “suppress the matter” and “blame her” as an alternative.

According to 2 separate orders issued by deputy registrar Bibhupada Tripathy, hostel assistant Anupma Arora has been suspended till the submission of an inquiry report whereas the warden of the women’ hostel, Rinkoo Devi Gupta, has been relieved from her tasks with fast impact.

The motion comes within the wake of protests by college students since Monday towards the college authorities, alleging negligence. The protesting college students had been demanding a speedy investigation and the suspension of the 2 hostel staffers. They alleged that the staffers made “insensitive feedback” and in addition suggested the survivor to take a bathe, which may have destroyed essential proof.

An FIR was registered within the matter on Monday. The BTech pupil, who lives within the college hostel, has accused 4 folks, together with a safety guard, of sexually assaulting her on the campus premises. According to the police, the first-year pupil alleged in her criticism that she had been receiving threatening e-mails from an unidentified sender who claimed to own her morphed photographs. The sender coerced her into assembly him at a abandoned spot on the campus, threatening to flow into the photographs if she refused. After repeated threats, the coed reluctantly went to the situation the place 4 males allegedly assaulted her.

No arrest has been made thus far.