Internal panel rejects sexual harassment charge against HoD
Bhubaneswar, July 21 -- The Internal Complaints Committee of the Fakir Mohan College in Odisha's Balasore formed under the POSH Act to probe the sexual harassment allegations of the 20-year-old student who immolated herself to death a week ago never recommended any punitive action against Samir Kumar Sahoo, the head of the department of teacher education who allegedly harassed her, a 9-page report of the committee said.
Though two members of the committee two days ago had said the panel recommended transfer of Sahoo as he was being unnecessarily harsh and rude to students, the report showed that the 9-member panel praised the professor while dismissing the allegations of sexual harassment.
The report, handwritten in Odia and signed by all t...
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