The BJP, meanwhile, distanced itself from the men whose social media profiles suggest they are part of the party’s IT cell in Varanasi and said the police response to this case is in stark contrast to what would happen under previous governments.
Hundreds of students protested after three unidentified men who arrived on the IIT-BHU campus on a motorcycle sexually assaulted a female student and recorded a video after disrobing her.
The scuffle broke out between members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarti Parishad (ABVP), All India Students Association (AISA) and the Bhagat Singh Chatra Morcha (BCM). Police used “light force” to disperse the crowd.
The constant fear of harassment and the burden of vigilance often deter women students from freely enjoying campus spaces that should be theirs by right