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KULLU: One of the 3 accused women students successful the alleged ragging and intersexual harassment lawsuit astatine Dharamshala Govt college, successful which their 19-year-old classmate died past period connected December 26, denied each charges.
In a video posted connected societal media, she claimed that neither of them was progressive successful ragging nor had witnessed immoderate specified harassment occurring successful the college."We were each classmates successful BA archetypal year. How is it imaginable that we ragged our ain classmate? Also, we each beryllium to the Scheduled Caste assemblage and can't perchance harass idiosyncratic who belongs to the aforesaid caste arsenic we do. I americium truthful puzzled and can't recognize wherefore specified allegations were made against me," the pupil stated successful the video.
"We were told by a pupil that a third-year pupil ragged her. But that was it, and determination was nary proof.
We knew thing much than that," she added.The pupil further alleged that the deceased was frightened of her father, arsenic helium was "very strict". In the video, she besides supported the accused subordinate professor, saying helium was guiltless and had ne'er made the unfortunate consciousness uncomfortable.The teachers of the assemblage besides came retired successful enactment of the subordinate professor, who was suspended Saturday, 2 days aft a constabulary lawsuit was registered against him and the 3 women students.
In a statement, the teachers claimed that the accused prof had an "unblemished grounds and impeccable integrity" and, arsenic acold arsenic "the casteist allegations are concerned, the teacher himself belongs to the OBC class and the claims look to beryllium acold from the truth.
"Acting connected the ailment filed by the deceased student's father, constabulary registered a lawsuit against the accused subordinate prof and 3 women students nether BNS Sections 75 (sexual harassment), 115(2) (causing hurt), and 3(5) (common intention), and Section 3 of Himachal Pradesh Educational Institution (Prohibition of) Ragging Act 2009.
