Professor suspended after student alleges sexual harassment in Muzaffarnagar
While accused Dushyant Kumar has been arrested and is under police custody, college authorities said a sub-committee will investigate the incident
Muzaffarnagar (UP), May 27 (PTI) A professor here at the government-aided Chhotu Ram Degree College was suspended over allegation of sexual harassment by a student, a varsity official said on Tuesday.
A BSc student had on May 24 accused Dushyant Kumar, a professor of the Plant Pathology department of the college, of sexual harassment.
College management secretary Sharad Kumar told reporters that Kumar had been suspended Monday after an emergency meeting.
He said a sub-committee will investigate the incident.
Kumar, under police custody, was on Monday denied bail by Chief Judicial Magistrate Kavita Agrawal.
According to prosecution officer KC Mori, Kumar was arrested on May 24 on charges of sexually harassing a student.
Police have since added two more sections against him, section 64 (rape) and section 62 (attempt to commit certain crimes).
Originally, Kumar was booked under BNS sections 75 (sexual harassment), 352 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of peace) and 351 (criminal intimidation). PTI
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