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The report, discussed today at the monthly meeting of the varsity, nullified the involvement of any student in the April 5 incident.
In April, the campus was on the boil following clashes between the Karmachari Sansad and students of the science faculty. Some SFI supporters and Karmachari Sansad activists attacked a victory rally organised by We The Independent (WTI) supporters after winning the science faculty union election. Classes remained suspended for days and examinations were cancelled as a result of the incident.
The 33rd finding of the commission holds Karmachari Sansad leader Swapan Ghosh responsible for encouraging vandalism on the campus on the night of April 5. The finding reads: “It could be gathered from the depositions of the guards that they were advised by estate manager Swapan Ghosh to stay away and observe the activity of the miscreants from a distance.”
The same night the Karmachari Sansad office on JU campus was also ransacked. Ghosh lodged a complaint against WTI students at the Jadavpur police station accusing them of being involved. The report states miscreants from outside carried out the activity.
The Sansad had also complained that Rs 60,000 in cash went missing from their office locker. But the committee has rubbished the allegation sating, “The commission is surprised to know that the Karmachari Sansad office kept so much liquid cash in the office.”
“We will take up the matter in detail at the EC meeting in the last week of January,” said Pro Vice-Chancellor of Jadavpur University Siddhartha Dutta.
However, university authorities are not sure whether the council will initiate an inquiry against the Karmachari Sansad.
Four students suspended
Jadavpur University, at an executive council meeting on Wednesday, suspended four students who were allegedly involved in hooliganism on December 3, 2007, in a inebriated state. The hostel students, two each from the engineering and arts faculties, came out on the main road and allegedly misbehaved with a few passers-by. The university, after the dean of students Rajat Ray’s interim report, found the students guilty. The varsity authorities have asked the students to explain their conduct to the university on January 14. Three of the students are pursuing their undergraduate degrees while one is completing his post-graduation. Partho Pratim Biswas, Executive Committee member of Jadavpur University, said will not tolerate any hooliganism by students.
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