A Bengal professor ‘married’ to a first-year student inside a classroom of her government-aided college that shook the professor’s colleagues and others after a video of the ‘wedding’ went viral on social media. Later, the professor clarified that it was a mock wedding for a ‘freshers’ welcome event’. Now, the school administration has sent her on leave and ordered an inquiry in the case. The ‘wedding’ took place on January 16 in Nadia’s Haringhata.
Payal Banerjee, a former head of applied psychology at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, defended herself, saying that she will file a case against her ‘jealous colleague’ who allegedly released the video clip on the internet without taking her consent.
बंगाल के नदिया जिले में स्थित मौलाना अबुल कलाम आजाद प्रौद्योगिकी विश्वविद्यालय की प्रोफेसर ने फर्स्ट ईयर के छात्र से क्लासरूम में ही शादी रचा ली। वीडियो वायरल हुआ, तो यूनिवर्सिटी प्रशासन ने प्रोफेसर को छुट्टी पर भेज दिया। pic.twitter.com/aUTybYxJ0t
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The viral video shows the teacher wearing a bridal saree, while the student is dressed in a green sweatshirt. Later, the student applied vermillion to her forehead. Other teachers and students were also present in the classroom at the time.
Interim vice chancellor Tapas Chakarbarty said that a probe panel of five members has been constituted.
The teacher said that she has sought a legal action against her colleague , saying that she knows the person who did it.
