The Prayagraj district courtroom has issued a non-bailable warrant (NBW) against three senior faculty members of the Allahabad College (AU) in reference to a case lodged against them for allegedly harassing a woman colleague. The FIR was registered at Colonelganj police station in August 2016 on the criticism of the assistant professor.
In her criticism, the AU assistant professor had stated the three accused, who have been senior to her, held a grudge against her as she belonged to the scheduled caste (SC) group. They harassed and insulted her following which she lodged a criticism with the Nationwide Girls’s Fee, the SC/ST fee and even police officers.
On August 4 of 2016, one of many accused, who was the top of a division, allegedly known as the complainant to his chambers the place the 2 different accused faculty members have been already current.
She claimed that the three accused insulted her with casteist remarks and made her stand earlier than them for an hour.
A case was registered on this connection, however the three senior professors approached the Allahabad Excessive Court docket and received a keep on their arrest. The police have filed a chargesheet within the case, a police official stated.
The in-charge of the Colonelganj police station (appearing), Feroz Khan, stated an NBW has been issued against the three lecturers.
The college, in the meantime, stated its committee against sexual harassment, which had performed a probe into the criticism, discovered the allegations to be ‘frivolous’ and ‘insubstantial’.
An AU spokesperson stated, “An exhaustive investigation was performed by the committee, which discovered her criticism to be insubstantial. The assistant professor had not responded to the questionnaire despatched by the committee, and didn’t have proof to again up her allegations.”
“The committee had discovered the criticism to be frivolous. The committee was reported by her colleagues that her conduct within the division was non-cooperative and her angle was of insubordination… The committee had discovered her criticism to be an try and malign the excessive popularity and impeccable picture of the very senior professors of the division…” the spokesperson stated in an official launch.
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