A analysis scholar at Delhi College slapped a professor contained in the campus in full public view on Monday, following which the college suspended him with instant impact and barred him from coming into any of its premises.
The accused, Shubham Singh, a PhD scholar on the College of Legislation, was captured on CCTV ready close to the doorway of a campus constructing earlier than instantly approaching Legislation College professor Umang Bhawan and slapping him. Different college students on the spot tried to intervene.
The college has not publicly disclosed the rationale for the assault or clarified whether or not the professor and the coed had any prior dispute.
The college Proctor, Manoj Kumar Singh, confirmed that the incident befell on Monday morning and stated the college had constituted a committee to research the matter. Singh was admitted to the College of Legislation in the course of the 2024-25 tutorial session.
“It’s hereby notified that he’s suspended from the College of Legislation, College of Delhi, with instant impact,” the Proctor’s workplace stated in its order.
The college additionally prohibited Singh from coming into any premises of Delhi College with instant impact, officers stated.
Alongside the suspension, the college has constituted an unbiased three-member inquiry committee comprising professors to research the assault and decide the circumstances resulting in the confrontation.
The incident has drawn sturdy condemnation from the instructing neighborhood, which have known as for stricter motion and raised issues over repeated situations of violence and alleged aggression in opposition to academics on campus.
The Democratic Academics’ Entrance (DTF) described Monday’s incident because the third such case involving violence or bodily aggression in opposition to academics in current months.
The academics’ collective additionally alleged that the college administration’s response to campus violence had been “sluggish” and “inadequate”, arguing that suspension alone was not sufficient to discourage such incidents.
In line with the DTF, professors had beforehand confronted verbal abuse from one other scholar of the College of Legislation. The academics’ physique has demanded stronger and extra decisive motion from the college to make sure the security and dignity of college members.
The most recent incident has additionally introduced again reminiscences of an analogous confrontation at Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar Faculty, a Delhi College-affiliated faculty, in October 2025, when DU College students’ Union Joint Secretary Deepika Jha was accused of slapping professor Sujit Kumar throughout a disciplinary committee assembly.
That incident was captured on video and triggered protests and calls for from academics for university-level motion.
Delhi College subsequently suspended Jha for 2 months and barred her from coming into DU-affiliated schools in her capability as a scholar chief. The motion was criticised by sections of the instructing neighborhood as insufficient.
The DTF has cited that episode as a precedent whereas criticising what it described as a recurring failure to adequately handle violence in opposition to academics.
The three-member inquiry committee is anticipated to ascertain the circumstances resulting in Monday’s confrontation and decide additional motion.
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