Four employees of Akal University here have been terminated following an incident in a girls’ hostel. The incident occurred when girls were forced to strip by the warden over a used sanitary napkin.
Girls students at the varsity staged a protest here on Tuesday after the warden of the on-campus hostel allegedly asked them to strip in order to check who was menstruating and could have dumped a used sanitary pad in the toilet.
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Two security guards and two wardens were terminated following the incident.
“We received a complaint from the students following which a committee was set up and four employees were immediately terminated,” said MS Johal, Dean, Academics, Akal University.
“We are trying to maintain a healthy relationship and two-way communication with the students so that such incidents do not occur again,” Johal added.
(With inputs from ANI)