JNU professor booked over sexual harassment claims by women students
A case has been registered against a professor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University's School of Life Sciences (SLS) following allegations of sexual harassment against him by a group of women students, police said on Friday. The FIR was registered at the Vasant Kunj police station in southwest Delhi. A statement has been issued by women students during a press meet at the JNU campus.
"If a girl objects, he holds a grudge against her"
As per the statement, "The professor often makes sexually-colored remarks, open demands for sex, and comments on the figure of almost every girl. If a girl objects, he holds a grudge against her." "There is a financial nexus between the professor and the administration. No instrument has been purchased for years, but still crores of rupees have been spent," it said.
Professor to be questioned by Delhi Police soon
The Delhi Police said they would be questioning the professor soon. The JNU professor, however, said that he was being targeted by the Left-leaning students. "The girls, who have leveled the allegations against me, had received a mail from me on February 27 regarding their irregular attendance in the lab. So, they are targeting me," he had said yesterday.
