Dalit boy (scheduled cast) from National Law University, Delhi attempts to commit suicide after false allegations of sexual harassment against him.

Hi everyone,

On 24th October a student of National Law University, Delhi from a socio-economically disadvantaged background (he's a dalit with a physically disabled father and only his mother earning) drank a poisonous liquid to attempt suicide. He was quickly rushed to hospital and thus, has survived but is still in a critical condition.

CONTEXT- He circulated a suicide note before the attempt in which he stated the reasons for attempting suicide as follows:

i. Social exclusion and shaming after a false allegation of sexual harrasment.

ii. The Internal Complaints Committee which was supposed to decided on the complaint had already made up its mind about the truth of the complaint, and therefore conducted its proceedings in an extremely biased manner; violating all prescribed procedures and Principles of Natural Justice.

I wanted to bring it to the attention of the people here that public shaming and assuming that ALL such allegations are true without investigating is NOT the way to reduce instances of sexual harassment and can and will lead to such cases.

The only way to improve situation imo for all is to improve the justice delivery system (police and judiciary) and a social change.

https://barandbench.com/nlud-student-attempts-suicide-icc/