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PRESS RELEASE

ON THE REPORIN IN VARIOUS LEADING NEWS PAPERS

ON THE INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE EVENING ON 10TH September, 2017
RELATING 0 THE VIC IONS AT UBHASH SAROBAR ACROSS THE EM BYPASS

IN BELIA GHA TA

Consequent upon publications on 11th September, 2017 in various leading news papers regarding
reported a incident on the evictions that took place in the evening on Sunday, the 10?h September,
2017, at Subhas Sarobar, across EM. Bypass in Beliaghata, Kolkata, where students of the West
Bengal National Law University of uridieal Sciences (WBNUJ S), Kolkata were assaulted when
they reportedly tried to prevent the eviction of a slum; based on an order of Hon?ble High Court,
Calcutta, this press release is made to clarify the stand of the West Bengal National University of
uridical Sciences and to deny the facts that have been misreported in the publications.

a)

b)

The students of WBNUJS who have been reportedly involved in the incidents and were
beaten up in the process, did not have any prior approval from the WBNUJ authorities,
neither the WBNUJ Authorities had any prior knowledge of involvement of its students
in the incident.

The students of WBNUJS who are the volunteers to the IDIA Initiative, aimed at
empowering underprivileged students through legal education towards making legal
education in India more diverse, inclusive and impactful (Source IDIA Law Blog, by
Prof. Shamnad Basheer) had acted on their own in the High Court proceedings and the
events leading up to the incident.

Most of the students of WBNUJ reside in Hostels premised in the WBNUJ Campus in
Salt Lake, WBNUJ being a residential University.

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d) Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, the Registrar (Acting) of WBNUJ S, intervened only when the

incidents of alleged assault of the WBNUJS were reported to him. Besides being
Registrar (Acting), Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan is also the Cheif Warden of the WBNUJ 
Hostels. Dr. Khan, along with other faculty members of the University, rushed to meet
the student victims at hospital and ensure timely medical help they needed. The injured
students were taken by the police from the hospital to the police station to have their
statements recorded. Dr. Khan also subsequently reached the police station to ensure that
the students assembled at the police station are safely returned home to the Hostel.

The WBNUJS, as a premier Law School, stands by its commitment to the cause of
justice.

The WBNUJS condemns any misreporting and unwarranted sensationalization of the
incidents, as carried out by a section of the media.

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Dr. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan Date 11?1 September, 201 7
Registrar (Acting) Place The WBNUJS,
Dr. Ambedkar Bhavan

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