(MENAFN- Live Mint) Viral videos of a senior female professor getting "married" to a student in the classroom at a state-run university in West Bengal triggered a furore, following which an inquiry was ordered on Wednesday, officials said.
The professor, however, claimed that it was a drama that was part of her class.
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“The incident happened at the Psychology Department of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of technology (MAKAUT) at Haringhata in Nadia district,” they told PTI.
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The videos showed the professor, who was dressed like a bride, and a first-year student performing various rituals of a Hindu Bengali wedding, including 'sindoor daan' and 'mala bodol', in the classroom.
As the videos went viral, triggering criticism and outrage, the varsity formed a three-member inquiry panel and sought clarification from the professor, officials said.
Psycho-drama demonstration rehearsal “The professor told the varsity authorities that it was a psycho-drama demonstration, which was part of her class, and not real,” they said.
The videos were taken for in-house documentation and were "leaked" to show the Psychology Department in a poor light, she claimed.
The professor was, however, asked to go on leave till the inquiry is concluded, officials said.
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The inquiry is being conducted by a committee, comprising three female faculty members of other departments, they said.
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