Harassment slur on BHU dept head,probe panel set up

An FIR was lodged at Lanka police station,Varanasi,Wednesday night. Along with 10 senior professors of BHU belonging to SC and ST,I met the Varanasi SSP. On his instructions,an FIR was lodged, the teacher said.

The FIR was lodged against five persons three male students,a female student and professor Sisir Basu,head of the department of mass communication,BHU.

Basu refused comment saying that the administration had set up an inquiry and investigation was on. It would not be appropriate to comment on the issue, he said.

Speaking to The Indian Express over phone,the associate professor said Basu had been harassing her and also instigating students to do so.

In her complaint to the chief proctor of the university,she named five students of the department. The male students have been passing lewd and obscene comments,and both boys and girls have been making casteist remarks on me, she said.

She met Vice-Chancellor Prof Lalji Singh along with Chief Proctor A K Joshi on Tuesday. The V-C decided to form an inquiry committee,which will conclude its probe within a month, said Joshi.