Professor at JNU abused a student sexually, forcing her to leave: Students’ union
The Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union (JNUSU) claimed on Monday that a female student had been sexually harassed by a teacher at the university and that the victim was compelled to leave the school due to the administration’s lack of response to her complaint.
The JNU Internal Complaints Committee did not take any action in response to another complaint from the victim’s female batch mates accusing the same instructor of “sexual and mental harassment,” according to the students’ union. They asked that the case be moved forward quickly and that the accused instructor be suspended, among other things.
In a statement expressing support for the victim, the students’ union said, “The JNUSU has come to know of a case of sexual and mental harassment by a senior professor of the Centre of Chinese and South East Asian Studies, School of Language, Literature and Culture Studies, against a woman student of the same center.”
“The victim has been harassed by the aforementioned professor via persistent calls and texts, which include explicit poetry and invitations for private meetings, among other things. She was threatened with failing the professor’s paper if she didn’t submit in front of him. In an attempt to find out the survivor’s location, the aforementioned professor then persecuted other female students. It continued, “The survivor was compelled to leave college.
The ICC presiding officer, Vandana Mishra, said that action was being taken and that an investigation was under progress. “The necessary actions have been completed,” she said.
According to the students union, the victim reported the instructor to the ICC on April 10 for sexual harassment. A number of the victim’s classmates filed a second complaint with the ICC on April 15, alleging that the instructor had harassed them sexually and psychologically for knowing the victim’s location.
In order to make sure that the accused keeps all communication with the complainant to a minimum, the JNUSU claimed that the ICC had not issued a restraining order on the instructor prohibiting him from teaching.
The ICC is required to impose a restriction order in cases of sexual harassment, essentially prohibiting the accused from getting in touch with the complainant in any way. Given that the professor was the target of the allegation, the order of restriction ought to have also prevented him from teaching while an investigation was conducted. Nevertheless, the JNUSU said that the ICC had not issued such an order.
