The University came out with the statement amid several reports claiming 60 objectionable MMS of students were found in the girl's phone.
Video Leak Row: Chandigarh University releases statement
Amid the ongoing controversy over alleged leaked videos of the girls' hostel, Chandigarh University has said that it has that no objectionable video was made except the personal video which was shot by a girl, and shared it with her boyfriend. The girl has now been arrested.
The University came out with the statement amid several reports claiming 60 objectionable MMS of students were found in the girl's phone. "All the rumors of objectionable videos shot of other girl students are totally false and baseless," RS Bawa, Pro-Chancellor, Chandigarh University, in an official statement, said, as reported by NDTV.
Read the full statement by the University below:
The University has said that all mobile phones and other materials have been handed over to the police for further investigation. Protests erupted on the campus of a Chandigarh University in Punjab's Mohali over objectionable videos of several women students were recorded by a hosteller. Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann ordered a probe on Sunday. Aftera preliminary investigation, police arrested a woman student and dispatched a team to apprehend a youth in Himachal Pradesh.
The university administration has also rubbished social media posts claiming that several girls attempted to die by suicide over the incident. The Punjab government has ordered a high-level inquiry into the matter.
“Sad to hear about the unfortunate incident at Chandigarh University... our daughters are our honour... a high-level inquiry has been ordered into the incident... severe action will be taken against whoever is found guilty,” said Mann in a tweet in Punjabi. “I am in touch with the administration,” said Mann.
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