Overview
- Students have maintained an indefinite sit-in outside the vice‑chancellor’s office since October 12 and an academic boycott that began on September 28 to press for action after alleged attacks on campus.
- The institute rusticated six students on October 15 and an FIR names students’ union vice‑president Shubham Waydande for an alleged assault on the vice‑chancellor.
- Parents have formally written to the administration asking for an independent inquiry chaired by a retired High Court judge, suspension of disciplinary orders during the probe, and immediate restoration of campus services.
- Protesting students say police continue to patrol administration entrances and hostel areas, that unidentified men and guards filmed women without consent, and that women received rape threats on social media prompting at least one complaint to the police cyber cell.
- Normal academic activity remains suspended with film and videography classes paused until November 13, a state Special Investigation Team probing the September 27 incident, and the outcome of the parents’ demand and probe seen as key to ending the deadlock.