Oxford University Probes Alleged Cyber Bullying Of Indian Student Rashmi Samant

Rashmi Samant said the continued "cyber bullying" makes it difficult for her to consider returning to the university at this stage.

The University of Oxford on Tuesday said a probe is underway and that it "investigates thoroughly" every complaint related to harassment or equality, following allegations of cyber bullying surrounding Rashmi Samant, the first Indian woman to be elected President of the Oxford Student Union (SU) who was forced to resign amidst controversy over some of her past social media posts. Some British Hindu groups have also raised concerns around comments made online by a university staffer from the history faculty with the local Thames Valley Police, urging an investigation into a possible hate crime. The police force confirmed that it has "received a report of an alleged hate incident". The comments under scrutiny, posted with an image of Ms Samant's family on Instagram by Dr Abhijit Sarkar, made references to their Hindu faith and also categorised their home state of Karnataka as a "bastion of Islamophobic forces".