Students want fast-track court to deliver justice to sexual harassment victim

Tribune News Service

Jammu, February 21

Continuing their protest against sexual harassment of a student allegedly by senior doctor in Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu, recently, students in Jammu University demanded the constitution of fast-track court to ensure speedy and time-bound justice to the victim.

Under the banner of the All Students of Jammu and Kashmir and supported by the National Students Union of India (NSUI), members of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidhyarthi Parisad (ABVP), All India Students Federation, Gujjar Bakawal Students Union and All Ladakh Student Union, Jammu, raised slogans against silence of the government on the issue.

The protesters demanded that the accused doctor should be terminated from the post. “His attachment to any services under the J&K Government should be revoked immediately. In addition we demand that he should not be attached to any department under the J&K Government which relates to the students’ affairs or deals with the students.” says the memorandum submitted to the government.

The protesting students also demanded the intervention of the Chief Minister for immediate and swift action to be taken against the accused and constitution of separate police cell or a 24X7 helpline to handle the cases of sexual harassment against students on the line of the provision for the students from the North-East in New Delhi.

“We also want to know about the committee that the Health Minister promised to constitute in the Legislative Assembly to investigate the case. We want to know whether this committee has submitted any report to the government so far,” says the memorandum.