Hostel security row: NCW members meet AU students

Allahabad: A three-member team of National Commission of Women (NCW) visited Allahabad on Wednesday and met a delegation of women’s hostel inmates reportedly in connection with complaints against senior university officials and former AU VC Prof RL Hangloo.
The team was led by NCW chief Rekha Sharma and had technical expert Shalini Singh and legal counsel Priyanka Midha as members.
The team met students’ delegation, two senior professors and a former professor at circuit house.
Though the NCW team refused to give details of the meeting, former AUSU president Richa Singh, who was part of students’ delegation, said the hostel inmates had handed over documents in support of their complaints against AU officials and former VC Prof RL Hangloo.
“The documents we provided to the team support students’ charges of harassment against AU officials and administrative, financial and recruitment irregularities committed during the tenure of Prof Hangloo,” she said.
The team is expected to review steps taken to improve facilities and safety of female students on the central university campus in line with recommendations made by another NCW team after a spot visit in December 2019. The NCW team members are also expected to interact with administrative officials and girl students.
Meanwhile, AU administration on Wednesday appointed new superintendents and assistant superintendents for Priyadarshni (Girls) and Kalpana Chawla hostels.