Overview

• Officials said the governing body suspended Singh on September 18 after reviewing a fact-finding report submitted to Vice-Chancellor Yogesh Singh.
• At least two female faculty members have lodged formal complaints, with university officials noting the matter has been under review for about five months.
• The case will now be examined by the college’s Internal Complaints Committee, which had not received the complaint earlier according to the principal’s account.
• In a September 13 letter to the Prime Minister’s Office, Singh denied the allegations as false and politically motivated and linked them to a disputed promotion.
• Reporting notes a WhatsApp message alleging broader misbehaviour affecting more than a dozen women, and one complainant is reported to be a former Union Minister’s daughter.