Muzaffarnagar, 27 May (HS): A professor at the government-aided Chhotu

Ram Degree College was suspended on Tuesday following a sexual harassment claim

by a student, according to a university official. On May 24, a BSc student accused Dushyant

Kumar, a lecturer at the college's Plant Pathology Department, of sexual

harassment. Sharad Kumar, the college's management secretary, informed

reporters that Kumar had been suspended during an emergency meeting. He stated

that a subcommittee will look into the event. Chief Judicial Magistrate Kavita

Agrawal refused bail to Kumar, who is in police custody, on Monday. Kumar was

detained on May 24 for sexually harassing a pupil, according to KC Mori, the

prosecuting officer.

Police have recently added two more

sections against him: Section 64 (rape) and Section 62 (attempt to commit

certain crimes). Kumar was first charged with sexual harassment under BNS

sections 75, 352 (intentional insult with intent to incite breach of peace),

and 351 (criminal intimidation).

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi