Goons on prowl make commute to TISS traumatic for girl students

Harassment Stalking Haunt TISS Students

Hyderabad: Frequent incidence of physical and sexual harassment, jeering, stalking and verbal abuse have come to haunt students of the Tata Institute of Social Science’s (Hyderabad campus) in Turkayamjal — roughly 60 km from core city limits.

While the environment within the college campus is safe, students — mostly women — say they dread commuting to the institute or stepping out for leisure because of relentless harassment at the hands of local rowdies. Such is the extent of trauma that last month one student was forced to approach the police for help. This was after she was ‘attacked’ while on her way to TISS.