With its interim probe on the suicide of Anju P. Shaji unearthing several lapses on the part of BVM Holy Cross College, Mahatma Gandhi University has relieved the college Principal of all examination-related duties till further orders. It further found fault with a decision of the college authorities to release the CCTV visuals from the examination hall in the public domain. “The final report will be prepared through a long and meticulous process, which includes verification of the student’s hall ticket and answer scripts, besides interviewing students who sat near her in the exam hall,” said the official. The interim probe also found that the college authorities had failed to collect the address and phone number of the student after the incident. “When she was finally permitted to leave the examination hall, nobody bothered to check where she was actually heading to,” said a university official.

Source: The Hindu June 11, 2020 16:05 UTC