LU lecturer faces sack for ‘misbehaviour’

“A notice regarding the termination of services was issued by the university on May 4 or 5,” said university spokesman Dr S K Dwivedi.

“The step has been taken because it was proven that Kumar had displayed a behaviour unbecoming of a teacher and the university cannot tolerate such behaviour,” said Dwivedi,adding,since he was on a contract,Kumar will be served a notice for a month before his services are terminated.

Kumar,however,said: “I have not received any orders of termination. Since the university was closed for the last few days,I may receive it next week,” said Kumar. “If the orders are against me,I will move court,” he added.

On April 8,a number of girls from the second semester of BBA Tourism Management,met the V-C and submitted an application complaining about Kumar’s misbehaviour.

The students alleged that Kumar who had taken a group of 11 students,including five girls,to an educational tour to Bengaluru in February had misbehaved with the girls and used “sexually offensive words”,said one of the members of the committee.

The charges framed against Kumar were of academic incompetence,mismanagement of the Bengaluru tour and “un-teacher-like behaviour,” said Dr Manoj Dixit,a committee member and director of the Institute of Tourism Management,adding,“Though his actions dont qualify to be called sexual harassment,the committee found he did not maintain proper distance with students.”

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