After protests, DU Hindu College reconsidering students' suspension

Delhi Universitys Hindu College is reconsidering its decision to suspend over 40 students with the administration looking into their applications on an urgent basis principal Anju Srivastava said on FridaySrivastava has alleged that the suspended students were involved in vandalising the college properties and carried out financial fraud The North Campus colleges suspension decision drew widespread criticism from the students who staged several protests on the premises with those served notices alleging partiality on the part of the instituteThey the students have given us verbal apologies and written apologies We will give students another chance to put forward their sides We are open to discussion with them I have asked the disciliplinary committee to look into each application separately on an urgent basis The work has started We will soon inform the students Srivastava told PTIHindu College served notices to more than 40 students and suspended around 25 students citing gross misconduct and extremely inappropriate behaviour during the protest In addition to that 15 students have been served notice regarding financial fraud or cheating during the twoday event Mecca23Along with the suspension each student has been asked to submit Rs 10000 as a fine and barred from taking up any positionStudents have alleged that before deciding to suspend them neither any disciplinary committee was involved nor any investigation carried out The decision was taken by a disciplinary committee and the actions were not just against those who did protest but also involved in financial fraud We have proofs and only after that we took the decision The disciplinary committee took several days to come to a conclusion the principal defendedAlso readDemocratically elected government needs to have control over administration SCWhen asked whether all the suspension will be revoked the principal said I cannot say that right now but we are thoroughly checking again and reanalysing We are considering the appeal of the students but yes we are giving them chance again to furnish apologies and tell us what they feel about The stronglyworded notice asserted the gross misconduct and extremely inappropriate behaviour has brought acute embarrassment and humiliation to the college in general and to the PrincipalIt claimed that the college property has been damaged by your activity The other notice that has been served for financial fraud mentions that a large group of stall vendors took out a protest in front of the principals office alleging financial fraud or cheating done on them by the student organisers of the twoday eventRSSaffiliated Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP has requested the college to withdraw these notices The ABVP delegation has given a memorandum to the Hindu principal demanding that the decision to suspend and impose a monetary penalty on the students involved in the democratic protest be withdrawn ABVP saidDemocratic protest and proper demand by students is not a crime the student organisation addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever