Kolkata:
A number of movies purportedly exhibiting a professor getting married to a school pupil contained in the classroom in West Bengal have gone viral, full with wedding ceremony rituals like ‘haldi‘ and the alternate of garlands, placing the college officers on alert.
An official mentioned the purported incident occurred on the Psychology Division of the Haringhata Know-how Faculty in Nadia, about 150 km from Kolkata. The faculty capabilities below the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad College of Know-how (MAKAUT).
The professor, recognized as Payal Banerjee, is seen within the movies sporting a bridal outfit and garlands. She, nevertheless, denied that it was an actual wedding ceremony and mentioned the act was a part of an educational train meant for inner use.
She has been despatched on go away pending a probe, for which the authorities have shaped a three-member panel. We can’t take any stern motion with out correct investigation, the official mentioned.
Among the many movies circulating on social media, one confirmed ‘haldi‘ being smeared on the scholar – as per the Hindu wedding ceremony rituals, and in one other, the 2 are seen exchanging garlands and taking seven steps round a candle denoting the sacred fireplace.
The coed can be seen placing sindoor on her hair partings and providing her a rose.
A college letterhead with the signatures of the professor and the scholar, accepting one another as their partner, has additionally gone viral. It additionally carries the signatures of three witnesses from both sides.
Ms Banerjee, who has been educating psychology for years, claimed that the act was a part of a “psychological drama” that she used to elucidate ideas in her class. The video was leaked to malign her, she alleged.
The coed was not reachable for remark.