Nalanda student suspended over sexually harassing classmates

A student of the Nalanda International University here was today suspended on the charge of sexually harassing fellow students.
Another student, accused of the same offence, was transferred to another hostel, the university's media in-charge Smita Polite said today.
A complaint against the two was received a month back alleging they sexually harassed fellow students and action was taken against the two following the set procedure, she said.
An Internal Complaint Committee probed the matter and submitted its report on March 20 night, and after following norms, on receiving approval of the Chancellor, one student was suspended today and another was sent to another hostel yesterday, she said.

Earlier, a group of students of the university staged protest in front of Vice-Chancellor's office alleging that the authorities were not taking action against the two accused students though the complaint was lodged a month back.
Superintendent of Police of Nalanda, Kumar Ashish, visited the university to quell the unrest.

The SP told PTI that he took a delegation of students to the VC and after a talk the agitation was ended.
After going through the details about the complaint, he asked university authorities to register an FIR against the student, who has been suspended and was accused of sending threat mails to classmates.

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Meanwhile, late this evening Interim Vice Chancellor of Nalanda International University Pankaj Mohan tendered his resignation.
The Interim Vice Chancellor of the university in his letter to Chancellor wrote "Dear members of Nalanda University Community, I express my sincere apology to the members of Nalanda University Community for my inability to uphold their trust. I take moral responsibility for the problems that the University experienced in the last three days".
"I have relinquished all the administrative positions and I have also advised the Chancellor to institute an inquiry into the period of my term as Interim Vice Chancellor. If I am found guilty of any willful error I will quit the university," he further wrote.

Though he did not mention the incident of complaint of sexual harassment against two students and due to delay in initiating action against them a group of students held agitation against him today, but the relinquishing of post by Pankaj Mohan is apparently in that context.
Vijay Bhatkar, architect of India's first supercomputer the Param series, has been appointed as the chancellor of Nalanda International University.