SEXUAL HARASSMENT BY PROF: IT-K PANEL SUBMITS REPORT

KANPUR : Internal enquiry committee of the Indian Institute of Technology (IITK) has submitted its report to the authorities on alleged molestation of a foreign student by a professor. Deputy director professor Manindra Agarwal said following the report, a departmental enquiry has now been set up. The foreign girl student was in the civil engineering department at the institute. She had accused the senior professor of the department of molesting her.

KANPUR : Internal enquiry committee of the Indian Institute of Technology (IITK) has submitted its report to the authorities on alleged molestation of a foreign student by a professor.

Deputy director professor Manindra Agarwal said following the report, a departmental enquiry has now been set up.

The departmental committee has directed the accused professor, who is said to be on leave, to submit his explanation within seven days, said people familiar with the development.

The IITK administration has not filed any FIR against the professor in the matter so far.

The foreign girl student was in the civil engineering department at the institute. She had accused the senior professor of the department of molesting her. She had even conveyed the matter to the embassy of her country and had left the Institute.

The committee held enquiry under the provisions of sexual harassment of women at workplace. It made enquiries from the foreign students pursuing the course, professors and even examined CCTV camera footage. Later, it submitted its report early this week.