KOLKATA: The West Bengal education department on Thursday ordered an inquiry after a professor at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University (MAKAUT) at Haringhata in Nadia allegedly married a first-year student inside the classroom, a video of which has gone viral.The video shows the professor, dressed as a bride, exchanging garlands and applying sindur (vermilion) to her forehead. A handwritten certificate, signed by three witnesses along with the student and the professor, also surfaced online. The professor later claimed that the incident was part of a project. Following the circulation of the video, university authorities asked the professor to go on leave.“This was part of a project, a drama we had planned for the freshers’ party. It was made viral intentionally as part of a conspiracy against me. I will file a police complaint against those who tried to defame me,” she said.
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