A German national, working as a profesor on contractual basis at the Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), allegedly threatened to commit suicide after his services were terminated by the JNU administration, police said on Sunday night.
According to a senior police official of the south district, Stephen Baier, working as a professor at the School of Physical Science at JNU was terminated by the university administration. Following which he sent an email to the JNU V-C threatening to commit suicide. The incident was reported to the Vasant Kunj north police station on Saturday night.
Baier was taken to the lady Hardinge hospital in the presence of a chief security officer so that he does not take any extreme step. He told the police that he is undergoing depression. Police further said that a student was present with him till the time the contractual profedsor was discharged.
"We received a call from JNU at the police station on Saturday at around 10.30 pm. Thereafter the professor had been taken to lady Harding for psychological counselling and medical help by his colleague. He got fine after medical attention and counselling," said Chinmoy Biswal, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police 1 (South).