Kolkata's Scottish Church College closed indefinitely due to students' unrest

According to reports, publishing a notice on Wednesday (Sept 28), the college authority announced to shut down the college till next announcement.

"As directed by the President of the College Council it is announced that the college is closed till further notice, on account of the continuing students' unrest," the notice stated.

"However the college offices will be functioning as normal," it further said.

Local media reports claimed that Scottish Church College authority took the decision followed by a students' demonstration, led by the ruling party's students' wing Trinamool Chatra Parishad (TMC).

Teacher-in-charge of the college, Arpita Mukherjee, told Kolkata-based TV news channel ABP Ananda, "As many as 15-20 students from the TMCP ruled college union demonstrated in the campus during a meeting and shouted go back slogan to college's Managing Rector and Secretary John Abraham."

"Teachers and other officials had to face the demonstration which is very unprecedented," Mukherjee added.

Meanwhile, state Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said that TMCP was not involved in the matter.

However, the college council is likely to hold a meeting on Saturday to take decision about the continuity of classes, a source said.

(Reporting by Deepayan Sinha)