West Bengal Professor Faces Inquiry Over Viral 'Classroom Wedding' Video
The professor claims the wedding was a staged psycho-drama for academic purposes, but university officials have launched an investigation.
- A video showing a professor and student performing Bengali wedding rituals in a classroom at MAKAUT's Psychology Department has gone viral.
- The professor, Payal Banerjee, claims the event was a psycho-drama demonstration for teaching purposes and not an actual wedding.
- University officials have formed a three-member inquiry panel and placed the professor on leave pending the investigation.
- The professor alleges the video was leaked and edited with malicious intent to damage her reputation and the department's image.
- Both the professor and the student involved have been temporarily removed from academic activities until the inquiry concludes.