India, April 18 -- The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has dismissed a senior faculty member over charges of sexual harassment involving a Japanese embassy official.

A JNU official, on condition of anonymity, told HT that Swaran Singh, a senior faculty member from the School of International Studies had been terminated without benefits over allegations of sexual harassment of a Japanese official from the Embassy of Japan.

A senior faculty member not wishing to be named said that the incident occurred last May. There was "an intense amount of investigation by the committee in the case, where both sides had the opportunity to present witnesses," the faculty member said, adding there was plenty of evidence against Singh, including audio ...