Indraprastha College for Women students claim men scaled walls, harassed them during fest
Press Trust of India | March 28, 2023 | 07:31 PM IST | 1 min read
Men chanted "Miranda House and Indraprastha College both are ours" and climbed the walls of the college. Several women were harassed, one injured.
NEW DELHI: Students at Delhi University's Indraprastha College for Women (DU IPCW) alleged that some men scaled the institute's boundary walls during a fest on Tuesday and "harassed several students". There has been no response from the college authorities and police over the incident.
An All India Students' Association (AISA) activist alleged that the men were heard chanting "Miranda, IP dono hamara (Miranda House and Indraprastha College both are ours)" and "Miranda nahi chhoda to IP bhi nahi chhodenge (We didn't leave Miranda, we won't leave IP either)".
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In October, some students of Delhi University's all-women Miranda House College alleged that several men scaled the boundary walls and the gates during an open Diwali fest on campus and indulged in "cat-calling and sexist sloganeering". The AISA's Delhi University unit secretary and former Indraprastha College for Women (IPCW) student Anjali shared purported photos and videos of the incident.
In the photo, four men are seen standing near the IPCW boundary wall while another is scaling the wall. The video clip shows the police asking the college students to vacate the premises. "Today, IPCW's fest was going when drunk men climbed the walls, forcefully entered the campus and harassed gender minorities.
Men were chanting 'Miranda IP dono hamara', 'Miranda nahi chhoda to IP bhi nahi chhodenge'," Anjali tweeted. Another student alleged, "Miscreants entered the IPCW fest today and harassed several women students, injuring one. Delhi Police has simply escorted the goons out. We demand their immediate arrest."
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