Overview
- The university dismissed contractual supervisors Vinod Hooda and Vitender Kumar and suspended assistant registrar Shyam Sundar pending inquiry, according to a senior official.
- Police registered an FIR on October 30 at PGIMS station under BNS provisions related to sexual harassment, intimidation and outraging modesty, and a DSP-led SIT is investigating while awaiting the varsity’s internal report.
- Three sanitation workers alleged they were compelled to keep working despite period pain and were pressured to send photographs of sanitary pads as proof, along with verbal abuse and threats of dismissal.
- The alleged incident occurred on October 26 ahead of Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh’s scheduled campus visit; the assistant registrar has denied ordering any such checks.
- The Supreme Court Bar Association’s petition seeks a Centre and Haryana inquiry and Vishaka-style nationwide norms, citing privacy and autonomy rulings including Puttaswamy and Suchita Srivastava.