India, April 18 -- Jawaharlal Nehru University's (JNU) executive council has dismissed four staff members - one teaching staff on charges of sexual harassment, and another teaching staff along with two non-teaching staff in a corruption case currently being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), a university official said on Thursday.

The decisions were taken on an EC meeting on Wednesday, and announced on Thursday. HT has seen a copy of the order, according to a media release from the university administration.

"A senior faculty member from the School of International Studies, Swaran Singh, has been terminated without benefits over allegations of sexual harassment of a Japanese official from the Embassy of Japan," the off...