Drugs, sexual exploitation of scholars, lecturers unearthed at Pakistan college

By India Today World Desk: Pakistan’s Islamia University Bahawalpur is beneath probe after a particular report by police alleged sale of medication and sexual exploitation of scholars and lecturers. The police have additionally discovered sexually express movies on the cell phones of the varsity workers.

The police have arrested the IUB treasurer and reportedly recovered meth and aphrodisiacs from him, whereas the varsity’s chief of safety is accused of possessing objectionable movies of scholars and workers members.

DRUGS, OBSCENE VIDEOS RECOVERED

The college concerned on this scandal is Islamia University Bahawalpur in Pakistan, which, in response to the police, has come beneath the scanner for narcotics and sexual exploitation. The investigation has uncovered a number of items of proof on the arrested officers’ cell phones, which embrace quite a few WhatsApp chats, together with express movies.

The police claimed that the 2 varsity officers who have been arrested on drug costs have been concerned in blackmail and sexual exploitation of scholars and college workers, as per a report by Dawn. The report claimed the varsity treasurer “confessed that he along with a group of other teachers would purchase and distribute drugs through students and arrange dance/sex parties”.

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The police additional claimed {that a} “group of teachers” would exploit and blackmail ladies and implicate them utilizing medication.

During the arrest of the varsity treasurer, 10 grams of charas (cannabis) have been discovered on him. Furthermore, his cell phone contained quite a few express movies.

Following this, a retired Major, Aijaz Hussain, who serves because the safety officer of the school, was additionally arrested. So far, three individuals have been arrested in connection to this case.

Reports counsel that this illicit commerce has been ongoing for a few years and ladies who belonged to financially weak and weak backgrounds have been targetted.

WHAT UNIVERSITY IS CLAIMING

Following the police motion towards the college officers, Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Athar Mehboob wrote to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Dr Usman Anwar, requesting the IG to represent a high-level inquiry group to research the arrests.

“IUB is following zero tolerance policy for the use of contraband drugs as well as sexual harassment or exploitation,” the letter stated, including that the instances towards the officers have been ‘bogus’.

PROBE ORDERED

The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has determined to kind a high-level committee to research the IUB (Islamia University Bahawalpur) scandal, which incorporates three vice-chancellors and officers from safety companies. The panel has been tasked with conducting a complete inquiry and inspecting all related proof, together with any obtainable digital or bodily proof, testimonies, and different pertinent info, Dawn reported.

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