A day after JNU student and alleged rape accused Anmol Ratan surrendered before the police, the varsity students and teachers on Thursday demanded him to be suspended from the university.
A day after JNU student and alleged rape accused Anmol Ratan surrendered before the police, the varsity students and teachers on Thursday demanded him to be suspended from the university.
The students and teachers demanded that the university should be declared out of bounds for the scholar to ensure safety of the complainant.
“We are extremely dismayed to know that three days after the complaint has been lodged, the accused is yet to be suspended or declared out of bounds from the university, so that safe conditions of complaint and testimony for the complainant may be maintained. We demand that this be done forthwith. This failure to act has tarnished the image of the JNU administration quite severely,” the varsity teachers said in a joint statement.
Meanwhile, scores of students of the varsity staged a protest outside Delhi police headquarters demanding that the force refrains from revealing information, which could reveal identity of the victim.
A 28-year-old girl had approached Delhi police earlier this week alleging Mr Ratan, an activist of the left-affiliated All India Students Association (AISA) had raped her in a hostel room on the university campus. The woman, a Ph.D. student, alleged that Mr Ratan, offered her a copy of a movie that she was looking for, took her to his hostel room and offered her a spiked drink.
She told police that he raped her when she was unconscious. Later, he also threatened her and asked her not to report the matter.
Taking strong note of the incident, AISA had expelled Anmol from the party, which ended his primary membership. The accused who was absconding since August 20, surrendered before the police on Wednesday.
Anmol was on Thursday remanded to 14 days judicial custody by a Delhi court.
A magisterial court at Patiala House courts complex sent Ratan to jail after the Delhi police decided not to seek his custody.
The court also directed jail authorities to provide him proper medical facilities after he submitted that he was suffering from heart ailment.
Anmol was on the run since the case was registered against him.
