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MDU Supervisors, Assistant Registrar Booked Over Alleged Coercion to 'Prove' Menstruation

Police filed an FIR naming three staff members, advancing the case from campus protest to formal investigation.

Overview

  • Haryana Police registered an FIR on Wednesday at the PGIMS Rohtak station against two sanitation supervisors and assistant registrar Shyam Sunder.
  • Charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita include sexual harassment, assault or use of criminal force with intent to disrobe, outraging modesty, criminal intimidation, and acts intended to insult modesty.
  • Four women sanitation workers allege they were told to remove clothes, send photos of used sanitary pads, and submit to checks after requesting leave during the governor’s October 26 visit.
  • MDU suspended the two supervisors, referred the complaint to police and its internal committee, and the accused were taken for questioning.
  • The Haryana Women’s Commission sought a detailed police report and the Scheduled Castes Commission recommended disciplinary measures, while workers and students held protests on campus.