Students of SRM University at Kattankulathur area in the outskirts of Chennai staged a demonstration inside the  campus since yesterday night, alleging inaction by the administration on a sexual harassment complaint by a girl student of the university.

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The agitation started on Thursday evening continued it till around midnight, alleging that a male worker on campus had sexually harassed a female student in an elevator.

These colleges talk big but still fail at the most basic of things. Protection of their student and their well being should be the highest priority. #SRMUniversity pic.twitter.com/GT9HhFHmFS

— Justice for Women! (@JusticeforWome3) November 22, 2018

A second-year undergraduate student had taken the elevator to reach her room in the sixth floor of hostel at around 3 pm on Thursday, 22 November. To her shock, a man who was also inside the elevator started masturbating at her.

SRM University Vice Chancellor Sandeep Sancheti, however, denied the allegations of inaction and said the administration would look into the complaint.

“Students are discussing with us. Whatever the matter is, it will be taken care of. If there is a matter, it will be inquired,” Sancheti told.

To spread awareness, we are uploading the image of the guy! #SRMUniversity pic.twitter.com/iYNeK2l8vz

— Justice for Women! (@JusticeforWome3) November 22, 2018

According to a third year software engineering student who took part in the protest, a second year undergraduate student of the university was allegedly sexually harassed by a male sanitation worker inside a women’s hostel lift on Thursday afternoon around 3 pm.

“The man masturbated in front of the woman student in the hostel lift, following which she reported the issue to the authorities,” the student told.

What our Vice Chancellor had to say. #srmuniversity pic.twitter.com/Dp6RdAfJDH

— Ashutosh Rewatkar (@iamashutosh710) November 22, 2018

According to another protester, the hostel warden, with whom the student had raised the issue, allegedly delayed access to the CCTV footage of the elevator and the registering of a complaint by over two hours.

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“The employee was identified by the student in the CCTV footage. However she was asked to stay mum about the incident by the authorities,” the protester said, adding that the hostel authorities allegedly blamed the victim.

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The issue in #srm about harassment
A maintenance guy jerk off in front of a girl in the elevator and refused that girl to go out of the lift #SRMuniversity #Chennai #SRM pic.twitter.com/2h4EiTlA5k

— Sudhakar Reddy (@avsudhakarreddy) November 22, 2018

Local police officials who reached the protest spot told PTI that the protesters dispersed after assurances from the university administration to look into the matter.

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According to one of the final year student the girl students were told to change their clothes before meeting the chancellor. “The student body is now protesting but the police hasn’t lodged an FIR even though they are present on the campus for crowd controlling purposes. The management hasn’t filed an FIR as well even though the guy has been identified through a CCTV footage” She said. “The girls were confined within the hostel premises when asked to join the protest happening outside” she added.

Protest in girls hostel at 21.55. 22-11-2018. Srm M-block girls hostel. Srm University kattankulathur pic.twitter.com/sMNOeaK1Q7

— I_revolt (@revolt_16) November 22, 2018

It is reported that more than 1500 students were present in the protest at midnight where half of them are girls. According to Indian express, S Mythili, Director of Student Affairs, said the management terminated the worker against whom the allegations had been made.

“We have sent him out, but we can’t take further action until there’s more clarity over the issue,” she said.

As soon as the protest staged this issue grabbed massive attention from social media. Check out some of the videos and posts here :

Disgusting behaviour on part of the administration at #SRMUniversity in Kattangulathur. Victim shaming, victim blaming and callousness in response to a complaint against sexual harassment. @MinistryWCD @RKRadhakrishn @thenewsminute @Vaishax @CallOutStalking @swarraj

— Kirthi (@kirthijayakumar) November 22, 2018

This happened in #SRMUniversity today evening in a girls hostel. Plz RT as the hostel authorities aren’t allowing us to even lodge a formal complaint. pic.twitter.com/tH1GCSnAY5

— Justice for Women! (@JusticeforWome3) November 22, 2018

BREAKING:2nd Year Girl Sexually Abused By A Worker Inside Hostel Elevator In SRM University.Students Protest As College Is Trying To Suppress The Matter To Save Its Image. Warden Allegedly Blamed The Girl For Wearing Short Clothes. #Chennai #SRMUniversitypic.twitter.com/gZagApYIfG

— Sir Jadeja (@SirJadeja) November 22, 2018

when people in positions of power in educational institutions fail to fulfill their basic responsibility towards their students, the students will take matters into their own hands no matter how hard you try to stop them. SHAME ON YOU SRM!! #youhadonejob #srmuniversity

— sneha daniel (@snehadaniels) November 22, 2018

The management at SRM is making fun of victim and her friends. Vice chancellor nurture such cheap mentality with which he leads our college. #srmuniversity #molestation#justice@the_hindu @CPMumbaiPolice @amazonIN @SkyNews @BBCBreaking @IndiaToday @TheQuint

— Dhairya Agarwal (@DhairyaAgarwal5) November 22, 2018

What happened at SRM University today is extremely horrifying, its high time people get their mentality right. We want justice. #wewantjustice #srmuniversity

— heerakgupta (@mrheerakgupta) November 22, 2018

Epic shit going on in #SRMUniversity, when will educational institutions of India learn? #ShameOnSRMU

— Shashank Tyagi (@Shashank9398) November 22, 2018

#SRM
A boy masturbated on seeing a girl in girl’s hostel lift in #srmuniversity but warden of the same hostel told that it was due to the girl’s dress which is totally chawnist thought #wewantjustice

— Sharath uthandan (சரத் உத்தண்டன்) (@sharathuthandan) November 22, 2018

Shame on you, #SRMUniversity. You’ve made it clear that your reputation is more important to you than the safety of your students. Asking the victim to “keep quiet”, slut shaming and victim blaming is NOT how you handle sexual assault. pic.twitter.com/k4skRodvXG

— Hamsadhwani🌸 (@HamsadhwaniA) November 22, 2018

#Shame #srmuniversity #wewantjustice pic.twitter.com/Ge8OByhEDK

— Ankush Barjata (@ABarjata) November 22, 2018