A police complaint was registered with Sinthi Police Station but the incident has assumed political colours. The girl is reportedly a Trinamool Congress Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) supporter while the accused is a Students Federation of India (SFI) leader.

On Thursday night TMCP supporters gheraoed the vice-chancellor and local police officials, demanding action against the accused student leader. “Due to the student unrest, academic activities at the university were disturbed on Friday. I did not go to the university during the day but came to know that form-filling and examinations were also disrupted,” said Rabindra Bharati University Vice-Chancellor Karuna Sindhu Das. He assured that an enquiry would be conducted into the matter.

Examinations for some Masters programmes had to be suspended. University authorities said that a meeting would be held with student representatives on Monday.