PRAYAGRAJ, Dec. 17 -- Close on the heels of the suspension of the governing body of Rajarshi Tandon Girls' Degree College, a constituent college of Allahabad University (AU), the university registrar on Wednesday submitted a formal complaint against college principal Ranjana Tripathi, citing financial and administrative irregularities, to Colonelganj police.

Following this, Tripathi has been suspended with immediate effect, confirmed AU PRO prof Jaya Kapoor.

After a long hiatus, the college had recently resumed hiring for 11 teaching positions and one non-teaching role, with five selected candidates already having joined. Recently, several newly appointed teachers wrote to the vice-chancellor prof Sangita Srivastava, alleging that befor...