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NUJS staff sexual harassment: accused untraceable, admin refuses leave extension, to call cops if returns

NUJS:
NUJS:
The NUJS Kolkata staffer who has been on leave since another member of staff accused him of sexual harassment in June, could not be found by police and has not returned to campus after his leave expired on Friday.

The complainant had first complained at the law school internally in June but on 26 July progressed to lodging an FIR with the city police, after the first hearing in the internal inquiry was delayed by more than a month to 20 August. She had alleged sexual harassment, physical assault and criminal intimidation by threat of an acid attack.

NUJS vice chancellor Prof Ishwara Bhatt told Legally India that the accused had applied for an extension of leave on Thursday but the administration declined to grant the extension. He said that the accused has not shown up on campus yet and that if he would, the administration intended to “immediately call the police” and hand him over, because the police had not been able to trace him to date.

Bhatt added that the accused had been asked to submit his “written explanation” to the internal complaint of sexual harassment by 12 August, after consideration of which the committee would begin the inquiry on 20 August.

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