Overview

• South Asian University removed the girls’ hostel warden and suspended an assistant on Thursday following student demonstrations over the handling of an alleged assault on a first-year student.
• Students have held sustained protests since Sunday’s incident, pressing for transparency, faster police action, and accountability from hostel officials.
• A DUSU and ABVP delegation submitted a memorandum to SAU’s president outlining a four-point charter that seeks an impartial inquiry, reconstitution of the ICC, campus-wide CCTV coverage, and security vans.
• The university said the survivor is with her parents and that its standing committee, comprising a majority of women officials, has taken cognisance of the case; a separate panel will assess complaints about insensitive responses.
• Delhi Police registered an FIR late Monday and opened an investigation, with initial unverified reports suggesting multiple assailants as inquiries continue.