88 teachers demand reinstation of Kolhapur prof who stated rapists may belong to any faith
4 min readBy Online Desk
A bunch of 88 academicians has demanded to reinstate Professor Tejaswini Desai, who was compelled to go on go away final month for saying that rapists may belong to any faith.
As per media experiences, on June 8, the 52-year-old physics professor on the Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering had a dialogue on spiritual discrimination in her class the place some college students had accused Muslims of “being rapists and never getting punished for their crimes.”
“Some students said Hindus never engaged in riots and Babri Masjid was demolished on the orders of the Supreme Court,” the prof advised Newslaundry.
In response, Tejaswini Desai advised the category that rape was not restricted to any explicit faith or neighborhood. “Rapists don’t have any religion or caste. It comes under the category of obvious crimes,” she had advised the scholars.
The professor reportedly additionally spoke about highly effective individuals who had been accused of rape, together with “Patils and Deshmukhs”, referring to historic titles given to village heads or territory holders.
Some college students recorded the classroom dialogue and seemingly edited the dialog to point out Desai saying that “[Mughal emperor] Aurangzeb was good” and “Patil and Deshmukh were rapists”.
After the video went viral on social media, the faculty administration compelled the professor to go on go away.
Desai has claimed that she by no means stated the issues proven within the video – and that it was edited and brought out of context.
She advised Newslaundry that she got here to know in regards to the video solely when the police got here to the faculty for an inquiry.
The professor stated that whereas the faculty authorities supported her, she was requested to apologize however she refused to take action.
“In 1943, my father-in-law, who was a freedom fighter, had played a part in destroying the statue of British governor Wilson, where a Shivaji statue was built,” she advised Newslaundry. “Ironically, I was asked to issue an apology in front of the same statue,” Desai added.
According to Scroll, Desai has additionally filed a criticism with the police demanding motion towards those that edited the video and unfold misinformation with the intention to “create a rift in the society”.
In their assertion on the matter, the 88 teachers urged the faculty authorities to permit Desai to return to work and guarantee her security.
“Her assertion that rapists can be from any community is borne out by the most superficial glance at newspaper reports,” the assertion stated.
Mohan Vanrott, the director of Kolhapur Institute of Technology advised Newslaundry that the faculty has “formed a committee” to “investigate” what had occurred.
Incidentally, in June this yr, clashes had damaged out between two teams in Kolhapur following a protest over WhatsApp statuses that allegedly ‘glorified’ Mughal emperor Tipu Sultan and 18th century Mysore ruler Aurangazeb.
A bunch of 88 academicians has demanded to reinstate Professor Tejaswini Desai, who was compelled to go on go away final month for saying that rapists may belong to any faith.
As per media experiences, on June 8, the 52-year-old physics professor on the Kolhapur Institute of Technology’s College of Engineering had a dialogue on spiritual discrimination in her class the place some college students had accused Muslims of “being rapists and never getting punished for their crimes.”
“Some students said Hindus never engaged in riots and Babri Masjid was demolished on the orders of the Supreme Court,” the prof advised Newslaundry.googletag.cmd.push(operate() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
In response, Tejaswini Desai advised the category that rape was not restricted to any explicit faith or neighborhood. “Rapists don’t have any religion or caste. It comes under the category of obvious crimes,” she had advised the scholars.
The professor reportedly additionally spoke about highly effective individuals who had been accused of rape, together with “Patils and Deshmukhs”, referring to historic titles given to village heads or territory holders.
Some college students recorded the classroom dialogue and seemingly edited the dialog to point out Desai saying that “[Mughal emperor] Aurangzeb was good” and “Patil and Deshmukh were rapists”.
After the video went viral on social media, the faculty administration compelled the professor to go on go away.
Desai has claimed that she by no means stated the issues proven within the video – and that it was edited and brought out of context.
She advised Newslaundry that she got here to know in regards to the video solely when the police got here to the faculty for an inquiry.
The professor stated that whereas the faculty authorities supported her, she was requested to apologize however she refused to take action.
“In 1943, my father-in-law, who was a freedom fighter, had played a part in destroying the statue of British governor Wilson, where a Shivaji statue was built,” she advised Newslaundry. “Ironically, I was asked to issue an apology in front of the same statue,” Desai added.
According to Scroll, Desai has additionally filed a criticism with the police demanding motion towards those that edited the video and unfold misinformation with the intention to “create a rift in the society”.
In their assertion on the matter, the 88 teachers urged the faculty authorities to permit Desai to return to work and guarantee her security.
“Her assertion that rapists can be from any community is borne out by the most superficial glance at newspaper reports,” the assertion stated.
Mohan Vanrott, the director of Kolhapur Institute of Technology advised Newslaundry that the faculty has “formed a committee” to “investigate” what had occurred.
Incidentally, in June this yr, clashes had damaged out between two teams in Kolhapur following a protest over WhatsApp statuses that allegedly ‘glorified’ Mughal emperor Tipu Sultan and 18th century Mysore ruler Aurangazeb.
