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“We are in touch with the principal of the college and are looking at CCTV footage as well,” police spokesperson Anil Mittal said.
The Deputy Commissioner of South Delhi Police Atul Thakur said that police were investigating claims that officers did not take action during the alleged assaults.
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“We have started our own formal inquiry and it is being led by a senior police official,” Thakur added.
Many of the allegations of harassment and abuse were reported to the Gargi Students’ Union through an online form. The Union said the three-day festival, known as “Reverie ’20,” started peacefully, before taking a “horrendous” turn on the third day.
“It became absolutely impossible to move in that crowd,” the union said in a statement. The union claimed bouncers and police “looked incompetent and indifferent” as hundreds of people barged through the gates.
Gargi College has condemned the “outrageous incidents” that took place during Reverie, saying that it was committed to the security of students and would set up a “high-level fact finding committee” to meet with the complainants and eyewitnesses.
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“The institution will file a report of complaints to the police at the earliest so perpetrators can be brought to justice,” principal Promila Kumar said in a statement. “We will set up a security protocol to ensure such incidents never take place again.”
Protesters gathered outside the school on Monday, some holding signs calling for Kumar to resign.
The General Body of Students has called for a mass strike at the school until a meeting is secured with the principal and teachers responsible for their safety and security.
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It is also calling on students to sign a petition “to assure us a safe and secure Reverie 2021 with a proper plan of action put in front of us.”
The Chairperson of the Delhi Commission for Women, Swati Maliwal, visited the college on Monday to meet with students and the administration.
“In Gargi College, the miscreants busted the walls and molested the college girls. Despite such a serious matter, the police and college administration present on the spot have not taken any action yet!” Maliwal tweeted, adding that the perpetrators “must be arrested immediately!”
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