SRM University Vice-Chancellor Sandeep Sancheti, however, denied the allegations of inaction by the protesters 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 media.
It is said that 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. On one the student of the university said "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 media.
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. The protester also alleged that the hostel authorities blamed the victim.
Earlier, in the national capital, a 26-year-old woman journalist thrashed a drunk man who allegedly masturbated in front of her inside a cluster bus passing through south Delhi.
(With input from agencies)