Overview
- An FIR filed on January 1 names three students under anti-ragging and hurt provisions and an assistant professor under sexual harassment sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Himachal Pradesh Ragging Act.
- The accused assistant professor has been suspended by the state government and has secured anticipatory bail while denying the allegations, with police saying he is being questioned.
- A state fact-finding panel has three days to report, the UGC has set up a five-member committee, and the NCW and the Himachal Pradesh Scheduled Castes Commission have sought prompt reports and action.
- Investigators are examining a hospital video, reviewing treatment records, dispatching a team to Ludhiana, moving to record the father’s statement before a magistrate, and convening a medical board to study the case history.
- Police noted an earlier December 20 helpline complaint lacked sexual assault claims, college officials say no written complaints were received and the student was off rolls since August, and officers said last rites occurred without an autopsy.