The Delhi Fire Services received a call about the fire at 11:40 am and four fire tenders were rushed to the college premise. The blaze was brought under control by 12:25 pm.

As stated by Zee News, at least two classrooms at the college were charred in the fire. The photographs of the scene showed huge red fireballs leaping from the window frames and a thick black smoke spiralling out. However, no one was injured in the incident, the DFS official said.

Dr. Rakesh Gupta, Principal of the College, said the fire gutted the statistics computer lab. “There were about 38-40 computers in the lab that were gutted in the fire. It was today that the lab was opened by a staffer for cleaning purposes. The fire was triggered due to a short circuit in the air-conditioner,” he was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India.

The fire incident took place even as all educational institutions are shut across the country due to the coronavirus pandemic. As per Central Government’s Unlock 1.0 guidelines, a decision on the opening of schools, universities, colleges, coaching, and training institutions will be taken in the month of July after consultations with the respective states and Union territories. The state government or UT administrations have been advised to hold consultations at the institution level with parents and other stakeholders before taking a decision on the opening of educational institutions.

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Just after social media was flooded with the screenshots and case stories related to an Instagram group named “boi’s locker room” another case came into notice. A few days back, a girl from Lakshmibai’s college added one of her guy friends in an unofficial college group. The guy left the group on the same day but started sending inappropriate messages to the girl who was a member of the same group. That guy is a first-year student of Ram Lal Anand College.
Lakshmibai’s college President asked the students to not take part in such activities and report if they get to know of the same. She also stated that the college won’t take responsibility if some serious action is taken against the students who were part of such virtual bullying.
No further statement was passed by the college officials.
Virtual harassments continue till serious action is taken against the same. Spreading someone’s private photos and messages is a crime. There is no specific law against cyberbullying in India but many other laws supporting the victim. Still, the Government should consider creating some strict laws against the same once this pandemic situation ends.

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