A day after women students of the state-run JJ Hospital's Grant Medical College protested against the hospital diktat asking them not to wear 'short skirts', on Monday, many of the students alleged that they were being threatened by the authorities. They said hospital officials knocked on the doors of women students demanding to know why the issue was 'blown out of proportion'. Students have stated that if the authority continues with the insensitive behaviour, they would restart their protest, irrespective of the consequences.

On March 23, at the annual function, Astitva, of Grant Medical College, the women students were instructed not to wear short skirts and to return to the hostel by 10pm. The male students, however, had no restrictions. Following this, many women students held a protest on the hospital premises with their faces covered.