With the unrest arising out of post-Students’ Union election violence between two groups of students refusing to calm down in the campus, the authorities of the Madhusudan law College here on Friday shut down the college indefinitely.
“We asked the students to vacate the campus and hostels by 6 pm on Friday and handed over the campus to the police,” informed college Principal Prof SK Nanda, adding that sincere
efforts by the authorities failed to restore normalcy in the campus.
Trouble began in the premier law college of the State on October 25 when newly-elected Students’ Union general secretary Satabdi Samantray allegedly slapped another girl student Rohini Biswal after a heated exchange of words. Rohini had lost to Satabdi in the election held earlier this month.
Soon, the supporters of both the warring students jumped into the fray leading to mass protests and counter-protests even as two cases were registered in the local Malgodown police station. Stepping in to resolve the matter amicably, the College Disciplinary Committee found Satabdi guilty. After being reprimand, she was asked to tender an unconditional apology.
But an adamant Rohini and her supporters did not accept the written apology and, instead, continued to create ruckus in the campus demanding that Satabdi be rusticated from the college.