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Following allegations of harassment by probe scholars, Karnatak University Dharwad connected Wednesday suspended a botany professor.
The bid of suspension pending enquiry of botany prof Devaraj Tangudorai was issued by the assemblage registrar adjacent arsenic a protestation by students was nether mode connected Wednesday.
Vice-Chancellor A.M. Khan said that Prof. Tangudorai has been placed nether suspension portion probe is nether way.
According to the complaint, the prof harassed a pistillate probe student pressuring her to wed him.
A antheral probe student said that the prof repeatedly told him that his probe enactment volition advancement lone if helium persuaded the pistillate probe student to conscionable him.
After these complaints surfaced, the assemblage constituted an enquiry committee to analyse the allegations and taxable a report.
Following suspension, the prof has been asked not to permission Dharwad without support and to look earlier the enquiry committee whenever required.
According to sources, some the complainant and the prof appeared earlier the enquiry committee connected Saturday and presented their statement.
The complainant reportedly submitted audio recordings successful enactment of her version.
The prof reportedly shared his photographs with her connected societal media, starring to the discontinuation of her studies and instrumentality to her autochthonal territory Vijayapura.
As the prof reportedly approached different probe student from the aforesaid territory to transportation her to instrumentality to Dharwad, the probe student yet lodged a ceremonial ailment with the registrar, the sources said.
