Biryani’ lands four JNU students in a soup
Slapped with fines for cooking and eating it near the administrative block in June
The Jawaharlal Nehru University authorities have slapped fines on four students for flouting rules of the institution by preparing ‘biryani’ near the administrative block.
According to a notice issued by Chief Proctor Kaushal Kumar, fines between Rs. 6,000 and Rs. 10,000 have been slapped on the four students who allegedly prepared ‘biryani’ near the building in June.
“In a proctorial inquiry you have been found guilty of cooking food (biryani) near the stairs in front of the admin block and eating it thereafter along with other students,” the order said, adding that the act was serious in nature and calls for strict disciplinary action.
Warning the students to not involve in such activities in future, the order also set a deadline of 10 days for paying the fine, failing which more stringent action would be taken.
The Chief Proctor of the varsity was not available for comments.
To penalise the students, the order invoked a clause in JNU rules that deals with any act that may be considered by the Vice-Chancellor or any other competent authority to be violation of discipline and conduct.
One of the students, former students’ union general secretary Satarupa Chakraborty, who was slapped a fine of Rs. 10,000, was also found guilty of holding a protest demonstration and shouting slogans in the V-C’s office on the same day before cooking ‘biryani’.
On June 27, the then students’ union president Mohit Kumar Pandey and general secretary Ms. Chakraborty went to the V-C’s office to discuss some student-related issues and refused to leave till he heard them out. “Does a university proctor office run to monitor who cooks and eats biryani in a residential campus like JNU where such activities are a well-cherished practice, part of the culture and help build up community bonding among students coming from across the country,” Ms. Chakraborty asked.
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