Mohammadi Tarannum addresses the media on Saturday, pic by Debobrata Shome
As I have been suffering from depression and severe anxiety attacks, I was subjected to treatment similar to what I experienced over last 15 years, when such incidents occurred twice a month.
Recalling the traumatic night, she said that at around 4:30 am, other faculty members were forced to leave the campus after being threatened with the words, ‘Chakri Bachate Hole Beria Jan’ (“If you want to save your job, leave the college”). “I told them to leave and stayed alone in the office without power or water. I am still shocked by the manner a section of students verbally abused me. I informed the higher education department and CU. I tried contacting the GB president as well, but failed to receive any support from him,” she alleged.
Bagchi told TOI: “Statement pending. Higher education minister Jagannath Chattopadhyay told TOI: “The entire matter has come to my attention. I have not yet received her resignation letter. The education department is taking all necessary steps to resolve the deadlock.”
She also alleged that when Bagchi first entered the college to take charge as GB president, he was accompanied by close associates of Debashish Banerjee (known as ‘Kankata Debu’), who used to control the college administration and had previously forced her to comply with his demands.
She alleged that Koustav Bagchi, the new governing body (GB) president, misled students against her, prompting a chaotic situation on campus that resulted in a deadlock. Kolkata: A day after she left the Sealdah campus under police protection, Surendranath Law College vice-principal and teacher-in-charge Mohammadi Tarannum on Saturday recalled the traumatic hours in a press briefing at her residence, clarifying that she did not resign and she will continue her service.