Jamia Millia college suspends professor over alleged sexual harassment expenses

By PTI

NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended an assistant professor of the Department of Psychology over alleged sexual harassment expenses and gross misconduct on the campus.

The administration has additionally begun an inquiry into professor Abid Husain’s conduct by the Internal Complaints Committee of the college on the whole information of the case.

Husain has rejected the allegations and accused the school members of plotting towards him.

This is the second time {that a} school member has been suspended over the alleged sexual misconduct on the campus in a month.

In the workplace memo, JMI Registrar Nazim Hussain Zafri stated the motion towards Husain was taken over a written criticism filed by seven school members of the Department of Psychology.

In the criticism, the school members alleged that Husain was very aggressive and used abusive and unparliamentary language in the direction of them, significantly in the direction of the top of the division within the presence of the Dean of the school, throughout a gathering.

“He suddenly became aggressive as well as started accusing all the faculty members and was impudent, uncivilized, discourteous, disrespectful and uncouth in the meeting against all the faculty members.”

As acknowledged within the criticism, Dr.Abid had crossed all limits of decency and violated the Code of Conduct by not solely verbally abusing her but additionally bodily assaulted her within the presence of different school members,” the memo talked about.

“He went to the extent of physically assaulting as well as made physical contact and tried to sexually assault her by making advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overturns, and attacking the Head of the Department and levelled personal allegations on her as well as other colleagues,” the memo additional stated.

The assistant professor additionally tried to assault and used prison power towards the top of the division in a public assembly, it stated.

“The Vice Chancellor, JMI, in terms of powers vested in her under the Statute 37(1) of the Statutes of the University, has placed Dr. Abid Husain, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, under suspension with immediate effect pending disciplinary proceedings, separately an inquiry be conducted by the Internal Complaints Committee of the University on the complete facts of the case,” the memo learn.

“During the suspension period, the headquarter of Dr Abid Husain, Assistant Professor (under suspension), will be in New Delhi and he shall not leave the headquarter without prior approval of the Competent Authority,” it stated.

Talking to PTI, Husain stated the administration has not thought-about his model of occasions.

“All the allegations are fake and the university has not considered my version. This is the personal vendetta of faculty members against me,” he stated.

Earlier this month, JMI suspended S Veeramani, assistant professor, Department of Management Studies, for allegedly sexually harassing a feminine scholar.

NEW DELHI: Jamia Millia Islamia has suspended an assistant professor of the Department of Psychology over alleged sexual harassment expenses and gross misconduct on the campus.

The administration has additionally begun an inquiry into professor Abid Husain’s conduct by the Internal Complaints Committee of the college on the whole information of the case.

Husain has rejected the allegations and accused the school members of plotting towards him.

This is the second time {that a} school member has been suspended over the alleged sexual misconduct on the campus in a month.

In the workplace memo, JMI Registrar Nazim Hussain Zafri stated the motion towards Husain was taken over a written criticism filed by seven school members of the Department of Psychology.

In the criticism, the school members alleged that Husain was very aggressive and used abusive and unparliamentary language in the direction of them, significantly in the direction of the top of the division within the presence of the Dean of the school, throughout a gathering.

“He suddenly became aggressive as well as started accusing all the faculty members and was impudent, uncivilized, discourteous, disrespectful and uncouth in the meeting against all the faculty members.”

As acknowledged within the criticism, Dr.Abid had crossed all limits of decency and violated the Code of Conduct by not solely verbally abusing her but additionally bodily assaulted her within the presence of different school members,” the memo talked about.

“He went to the extent of physically assaulting as well as made physical contact and tried to sexually assault her by making advances involving unwelcome and explicit sexual overturns, and attacking the Head of the Department and levelled personal allegations on her as well as other colleagues,” the memo additional stated.

The assistant professor additionally tried to assault and used prison power towards the top of the division in a public assembly, it stated.

“The Vice Chancellor, JMI, in terms of powers vested in her under the Statute 37(1) of the Statutes of the University, has placed Dr. Abid Husain, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Jamia Millia Islamia, under suspension with immediate effect pending disciplinary proceedings, separately an inquiry be conducted by the Internal Complaints Committee of the University on the complete facts of the case,” the memo learn.

“During the suspension period, the headquarter of Dr Abid Husain, Assistant Professor (under suspension), will be in New Delhi and he shall not leave the headquarter without prior approval of the Competent Authority,” it stated.

Talking to PTI, Husain stated the administration has not thought-about his model of occasions.

“All the allegations are fake and the university has not considered my version. This is the personal vendetta of faculty members against me,” he stated.

Earlier this month, JMI suspended S Veeramani, assistant professor, Department of Management Studies, for allegedly sexually harassing a feminine scholar.