Students of Ravenshaw University here on Monday staged a dharna in front of the office of the Vice-Chancellor demanding immediate action against the students’ welfare dean Pathasarathi Mishra for allegedly harassing sexually to a girl student. Mishra is an OAS officer and under deputation is posted in the University for over four years now.
Vice chancellor Prof B C Tripathy after receiving complaints from the computer science student has instituted a three-member committee to look into the allegations. “On the basis of findings of the Committee, appropriate action shall be initiated against the accused”, Tripathy told newsmen on Monday.
He said immediately after receiving the complaint from the girl, who had approached him along with her father, the committee was formed late on Sunday night with terms of reference. “In case need arises, the accused would be put under suspension and handed over to the police for necessary prosecution as per the law.
According to sources, the Committee headed by a woman faculty of the University questioned the complainant and recorded her statements on Monday. The Committee would question Mishra on Tuesday and submit a report to the vice chancellor on Wednesday.
Reports said the final year student had met the dean in his chamber in connection with the campus selection and all of a sudden the 55-year-old Mishra proposed to marry her. When the girl declined, Mishra abused her sexually, the
reports said.