India, Feb. 17 -- The Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) expelled a postgraduate student from its hostel on Wednesday after cannabis was allegedly found in her hostel room on campus. The student claimed it was planted in her room by someone else. Based on a complaint by Narendra Mishra, registrar of TISS, the Trombay Police Station registered an FIR against an unknown person on February 13.

According to the FIR, following a student's complaint, the hostel warden and the assistant student dean conducted a surprise inspection of the girls' hostel on February 3. The administration discovered cigarette packets, rolling papers, and a substance resembling cannabis in one of the rooms where the media studies student was living.

The TISS ...