The Vellore Institute of Technology, Bhopal, has blamed last month’s violent protests by students following a jaundice outbreak on campus on “misinformation” spread through social media and refuted the allegations made in a government report.
In a response on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) to a notice issued by the Higher Education Department, the VIT termed the allegations in the government report as “fallacious and misconceived” while also denying charges of a “fearful atmosphere” and harassment of students on campus. It said that the notice was based on “baseless allegations”
“On November 25, 2025, the entire academic activities were going on normally till evening. In certain social media handles, a sudden onslaught of fake news was spread regarding death of three students and 300 others being in critical condition. Additionally, there were posts in the student WhatsApp groups to provoke our students to come out and lodge protests. The university administration came to know of this development and tried to explain the position to the students and to assuage the situation. However, students in Boys Hostel 1, 6 and 8 still went on with their protest, perhaps being instigated by some persons,” it said in the reply seen by The Hindu.
