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The Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT) has dismissed links to an event that raked up controversy over gender segregation on the campus. The row erupted after male and female participants were separated by a sheet of cloth at an event organised by a religious youth forum named Wisdom Islamic Students Organisation (WISO). CUSAT filed a police complaint against an online portal and a social media user for spreading misinformation against it.

The event was a curtain-raiser to the Professional Students Global Conference (ProfCon), an annual event conducted by WISO, set to be held at Mangaluru this year. As per the organisation’s social media page, a campus debate organised by its CUSAT unit was held at a Community Hall

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