Last update: August 03, 2022, 15:07 IST
Jaydev College of Education and Technology in Neharkanta. (Photo: Reuters file)
Instead of taking the help of the police, the college authorities set up an internal grievance committee to inquire and submit a report to the head of the college management council, who is the sub-collector of Kahle district.
The Odisha government has asked the authorities of Jaydev College of Education and Technology on the outskirts of the state capital to further investigate the alleged rape and sexual harassment of a Plus III student of the institute.
Although the matter has not been reported to the police, a student of the college’s Plus III has alleged rape with a reader-rank teacher of the institute. It is also alleged that the accused lecturer sexually harassed her for months. The matter came to light when the Higher Education Department directed the college principal to conduct a thorough investigation into the incident and submit an immediate report.
The charge has been leveled against a physics reader who also served as an NCC officer (Naval Wing). The accused Reeder was accused of mentally and physically torturing the girl for the past few months. The girl drew the attention of the college authority to this on July 25. Instead of taking the help of the police, the college management set up an internal grievance committee to inquire and submit a report to the head of the College Management Council, which is the largest division in Kharda district. Collector
Higher Education Department Additional Secretary Surendra Kumar Panda wrote to the college authorities that the allegation needs to be thoroughly investigated as per the procedure laid down in the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. Is.
Sources said that the internal committee of the college did not find any evidence of the allegations leveled by the student. Meanwhile, the higher education department has transferred the reader to Kachinda College in Sambalpur district. Srikant Patel, principal of Kutchinda College said, “Yes, a physics reader has joined our college on August 1 and he has gone on a two-day leave.”
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