NLSIU Bangalore asks for signatures on petitions to Karnataka state home secretary for tightened campus security, and to Press Council of India (PCI) to direct the press to cover sexual offences sensitively. The students had resolved to submit the petitions in public demonstrations last week. [Petition to Home secretary/Petition to PCI]

The petitions and demonstration follow the alleged rape of a student of the law school in Bangalore University’s Jananbharathi campus which also houses NLSIU’s Nagarbhavi campus. After the incident several print media reports were dominated by by an unnamed police source that unfairly cast doubt on the alleged victim’s credibility.