FIR against Raj varsity VC for harassing Dalit scholar

FIR against Raj varsity VC for harassing Dalit scholar

FPJ BureauUpdated: Friday, May 31, 2019, 06:48 PM IST
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Jaipur : Amid protests over the suicide of Rohith Vemula in Hyderabad University, an FIR has been lodged against the Vice Chancellor of the Central University of Rajasthan and six other varsity officials for allegedly harassing a Dalit scholar.

The FIR was onFriday registered at Bandar Sindari station in Ajmer district on the directions of a court in Kishangarh, before which research scholar Umesh Kumar Jonwal had filed a complaint, alleging that he was targeted and deliberately expelled from the university by its administration in October last year, reports PTI.

He alleged that the varsity administration expelled him on the grounds of “low attendance” and named Vice Chancellor Arun Kumar Pujari, former VC A P Singh, supervisor Jagdish Yadav, Atiq Ahmed, S Nagarjun and two others in the FIR, police said.

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