Justice A K Ganguly resigns as chairman of WBHRC

Facing mounting pressure, Justice A K Ganguly today resigned as chairman of the West Bengal Human Rights Commission (WBHRC) following allegations of sexual harassment by a law intern, highly-placed sources said tonight.

The former Supreme Court judge submitted his resignation to West Bengal Governor M K Narayanan when he met him at Raj Bhavan, the sources said.

Justice Ganguly was with the Governor for about 45 minutes.