Sexual harassment: Staff, students intensify protest against PJTAU VC

Rangareddy: The protest against the Vice Chancellor of the Professor Jayashankar Telangana Agriculture University (PJTAU) Rajendranagar, has intensified on Monday as scores of teaching and non-teaching staff along with the students of the university jointly took out a rally demanding a thorough enquiry into an alleged sexual harassment case against the VC.

The protesters that include both male and female employees, teachers and non-teaching staff demanded an impartial enquiry into the alleged sexual harassment allegation being levelled by a female professor few days ago against the University Vice Chancellor Alidas Janiah.

Just two days after the first reported protest against the alleged incident, a myriad number of staff members including employees, teachers, non-teaching staff and students again held a really on Monday on the University premises to stress their demand.

The protesters hold banners with a demand seeking swift justice for a female employee allegedly subjected to sexual harassment and intimidation.

Protestors were seen marching towards the VC chamber to register their protest demanding immediate removal of the VC. However, the police managed to pacify the protesters and brought the situation under control. However, the leaders of various unions jointly demanded that a thorough enquiry should be initiated against the VC in the alleged sexual harassment case. They made it clear that the protest and the legal battle against the VC will continue till justice will be served to the victim. They also demanded that the Chief Minister should intervene and order an impartial investigation into the matter so as to ensure justice to the victim assistant professor.

By the time, they said, the Vice Chancellor Professor Janaiah should be removed from his post with immedate effect to ensure impartial investigation into the matter.

Meanwhile the Telangana State Commission for Women, Hyderabad has issued a summon asking the Vice Chancellor Professor Janaiah to appear before the commission on November 12, for an enquiry into an alleged sexual harassment case filed against him by a female assistant professor of the University.

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