New Delhi: On Wednesday i.e. on May 4, 2010, Delhi University Teachers Association (DUTA) has staged a rally demanding the resignation of the Vice Chancellor (VC), over the radiation leak fiasco.
DU teachers staged this rally a day after the Delhi University Students Union (DUSU) demanded the same. The teachers also sought an unbiased enquiry into the incident, which caused the death of one person and radioactive burn injuries to seven others.
The radiation leak was reported more than a fortnight ago from a scrap market in Mayapuri area of west Delhi. Police said the source of the leak was a radioactive gamma cell containing Cobalt-60 that was auctioned as scrap by Delhi University's chemistry department two months ago.
Aditya Narayan Mishra, President of the (DUTA), said, that their main demand through the protest is an impartial enquiry into the case, which has caused the death of a person because of gross negligence in proper disposal of radioactive waste materials.
Furthermore, Mr Mishra added that the Vice Chancellor of the university, Deepak Pental, should take responsibility of the case and step down. In addition, he said that in order to ensure an impartial enquiry, the Vice Chancellor who directly shares administrative and legal responsibility, must resign
