Chandigarh, April 16 -- A committee constituted by Panjab University (PU) has recommended that the PU dean student welfare and chief of university security be temporarily removed, pending an ongoing inquiry by the varsity into the fatal stabbing of a UIET student last month.

They will be reinstated if they are cleared in the committee's report, which is likely to be submitted by Thursday.

Committee chairperson Nandita Singh, who is from the department of education, will take over the charge of the DSW office in the meantime.

She will work in consultation with other members of the committee, including former DSW Emmanuel Nahar, College Development Council dean Sanjay Kaushik and campus security adviser Anil Monga. The financial work of ...