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Kolkata: 13 girls speak out on social media about being molested by Jadavpur University student

Cyber furore after sexual abuse victims raise their voice on social media.

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It was not one, but as many as 13 girls from several universities across Kolkata, who took the social media by a storm, shaming another student of Jadavpur University, who subjected them to sexual abuse over a long period of time.

All these girls united together and issued a joint statement on Facebook, accusing Ekalavya Chaudhuri, son of Chandrayee Niyogi, a professor of Department of English of Jadavpur University. Chaudhuri is also a student of the same university, subjecting them to sexual abuse physically and through lewd messages on the social media. Some of the girls have shared screen shots of their online chats with Ekalavya.

One of the 13 girls happened to be the first one to raise her voice against the alleged harassment, in person and online. The girl took to Facebook to explain the sexual abuse she underwent and also accused Ekalavya's friend Janhabi Mukherjee of bullying her.

 

 



 


The victims claim that on several occasions, the accused, Chaudhuri used to touch them inappropriately without their consent. However, one of the victims alleged that she had been facing unwanted sexual advances since August 2015 and she had filed a complaint with the university authorities, but it was not addressed, since he is a son of the professor of the same university.

The statement issued on Facebook reads:

“We are a group of (up till now,13) women and girls who have been harassed, both online and in person, by Ekalavya Chaudhuri, son of Chandrayee Niyogi, (Professor, Department of English) who is also a student of Jadavpur University, Department of English. We have been touched without our consent. We have been objectified filthily. We have been made to feel like pieces of meat by a man who is utterly despicable. He believes that his actions will not yield any consequences. In many cases, he has been aided and abetted by his acquaintance, Janhabi Mukherjee of Presidency University, Department of English. She has harassed and intimidated us both in virtual spaces and in person.

Jointly, they have both used their privilege to try and keep us silent. Jointly, they have violated our bodies and our minds. Jointly, they have attempted to erase our own agency over our lives. Not anymore.

Today, we speak out as survivors of these vile, poisonous human beings. Today, we take a stand against crimes against women, patriarchy, elitism, entitlement, privilege, and bullying. We take this stand to retake our agency, to re-establish the narratives that were taken from us.

Ekalavya Chaudhuri, you are a molester. A sex offender. A sexual predator. Janhabi Mukherjee, you aided and abetted in his crimes, and are no less guilty.

We hope that our stand will encourage others to come forward with their own experiences which they have kept silent about for whatever reasons. It’s time we all spoke up, it’s time we ripped all their masks off.

Thank you for your support.”

While the victims have not filed any complaint with the police, they escalated the matter to the university authorities. “We have received the complaint and we are going to take strict action,” said Jadavpur University Registrar, Pradip Ghosh.

However, Chaudhuri could not be contacted for a comment.

 

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