Hostel students strip- searched over carelessly discarded sanitary napkin

In an appalling incident, inmates of a college hostel here were allegedly strip-searched on the direction of the warden after a sanitary napkin was found discarded carelessly near the toilet.

The incident, which has sparked protests by students, occurred yesterday at the hostel of the Dr. Hari Singh Gour's Central University when the warden, Professor Chanda Ben, was undertaking an inspection, the hostel inmates told reporters here.

They said that the warden, angry at the napkin not being properly disposed of, asked the hostel's women staff to check the private parts of students to find if they were menstruating after no one owned up.

Over 40 of them staged a protest in front of the Vice-Chancellor's residence, situated within the campus, demanding action against the warden.

Speaking to PTI, VC Professor RP Tiwari said, "Nearly 40 students came to my residence to complain about the incident. They are like my daughters and I apologised to them. It is very shameful, condemnable and highly painful."