VIT Bhopal has responded strongly to allegations by a government committee that there is an atmosphere of fear on campus, and claimed that the violence which broke out over a jaundice scare last month was due to fake news spread on social media.

In its reply to the government panel, VIT Bhopal said that on November 25, when violence broke out, there was “a sudden onslaught of fake news regarding the death of three students and 300 others being in critical condition.”

The reply stated there were “posts in the student WhatsApp groups to provoke our students to come out and lodge protests”. The university administration claimed it “tried to explain the position to the students and to assuage the situation.”

“However, students in Boys Hostel 1, 6 and 8 still went on with their protest

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