Delhi: Hansraj College suspends 30 students for alleged misconduct, ‘defaming’ institute online

Thirty students of Delhi University’s Hansraj College have been suspended in the past week for alleged violence and misconduct during an annual festival, and allegedly defaming the institute on social media, The Indian Express reported on Monday.

The college administration issued five notices between April 20 and April 25 to announce the suspensions. Among those suspended are four office-bearers of the students’ union.

Principal Rama Sharma told The Indian Express that the action was necessary to maintain discipline and restore order on campus, stating that it was wrong to “put false allegations on the college and defame it on social media”.

“Maximum students come to Hansraj College to study,” she said. “Their academic performance should not be disturbed…This is a very prestigious college.”

In the first notice on April 20, former students’ union chief Parth Srivastava was accused of “acts of indiscipline”, including defaming the institute and using “derogatory language” about teaching and non-teaching staff.

The notice stated that he had been given “multiple opportunities” to appear before a disciplinary committee with his parents but failed to do so. When he appeared alone on March 23, he “neither expressed remorse nor acknowledged his conduct”, it added.

Srivastava has claimed that he is being targeted, PTI reported.

He said that he had participated in protests in February and filed a Right to Information...

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