Overview
- The vice-chancellor constituted a three-member fact-finding panel on December 29 led by Prof. Syed Tanveer Nasreen, with Subarna Kumar Das and Kazi Masum Akhtar as members, and set a 30-day deadline.
- A third-year English student alleged an invigilator asked her to partially remove her hijab during a mid-semester test and that she was checked in a separate room where no device was found.
- University officials cite at least four recent cases of examinees using wireless headphones to justify tighter checks, and faculty have rejected allegations of Islamophobia.
- Students protested at the December 24 convocation, submitted complaints, and campus groups including the TMCP and SFI called for an impartial investigation protecting the student’s privacy and rights.
- West Bengal Education Minister Bratya Basu said the government has taken a strong view of the episode, and the state Minorities Commission was expected to meet the vice-chancellor on December 30.