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Controversy has strengthened St. Stephen’s college: Thampu

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New Delhi: St. Stephen’s college principal Valson Thampu, facing allegations of dissuading a student from filing a sexual harrassment case, on Wednesday said the “controversy has strengthened” the college.

“The controversy has strengthened the college. It has made people respect each other much more. My community respects me much more, than they did two years ago,” Thampu told IANS after a public lecture on ‘Vision for Education’, organised by the college.

Referring to himself as ‘controversies child’, Thampu, said he knew “controversy would be part of my service, right when I assumed the position”.

After he resigned from the college in 2003, Thampu said, it was not “common” for someone to return to the same college as the principal, and therefore he expected controversies.

“I welcome controversies. As an academic, many things can be understood only through debates and controversies. I’m not averse to controversy,” Thampu said.

As a part of the lecture, Thampu also highlighted various issues regarding the education system, particularly in Delhi University.

“Internal assessment in the university has been a scandal,” he said, adding that there was a need to reorient education, especially in St. Stephen’s, “from elitism and success to personal growth and social transformation”.

Thampu was embroiled in controversy after a research scholar at Delhi University accused a chemistry professor at the college of sexually harassing her during her Ph.D study.

She also released a voice recording about her purported conversation with Thampu and the professor and alleged that the principal was seeking to protect the professor while trying to dissuade her from filing a complaint.

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What monkey fled with a bag containing evidence in it: Read full story

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May 5, 2022

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The court, generally, considers a person who commit a crime and the one who destroys the evidence, as criminals in the eyes of law. But what if an animal destroys the evidence of a crime committed by a human.

In a peculiar incident in Rajasthan, a monkey fled away with the evidence collected by the police in a murder case. The stolen evidence included the murder weapon (a blood-stained knife).

The incident came to light when the police appeared before the court and they had to provide the evidence in the hearing.

The hearing was about the crime which took place in September 2016, in which a person named Shashikant Sharma died at a primary health center under Chandwaji police station. After the body was found, the deceased’s relatives blocked the Jaipur-Delhi highway, demanding an inquiry into the matter.

Following the investigation, the police had arrested Rahul Kandera and Mohanlal Kandera, residents of Chandwaji in relation to the murder. But, when the time came to produce the evidence related to the case, it was found that the police had no evidence with them because a monkey had stolen it from them.

In the court, the police said that the knife, which was the primary evidence, was also taken by the monkey. The cops informed that the evidence of the case was kept in a bag, which was being taken to the court.

The evidence bag contained the knife and 15 other important evidences. However, due to the lack of space in the malkhana, a bag full of evidence was kept under a tree, which led to the incident.

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