'Monster': Anonymous complainant accuses Hathras professor of serial sexual exploitation

An FIR against the professor of the Seth Phool Chand Bagla PG College was registered under BNS sections 64 (2), 68, and 75.

A college professor in Uttar Pradesh's Hathras was suspended after a case was registered against him for allegedly sexually exploiting girl students. The action was taken on the basis of a complaint by an anonymous person who described him as a ‘monster’.

The accused professor said that he was facing such allegations for the past 18 months.(Representational Image)

Police on March 13 registered an FIR against Rajnish, professor and head of the geography department at Seth Phool Chand Bagla PG College in Hathras.

The complainant alleged that the professor engaged in obscene acts with girls and exploited them and made their videos, a news agency PTI report said. The complainant's letter, which was sent to the Women's Commission and other senior officials last week, also mentioned that she had reported this matter earlier as well but, no action had been taken till now.

"(Narendra) Modi government supports 'Beti Bachao Beti Padhao' but even after that such people are committing cruelty to their daughters. I am so troubled by this cruel person that sometimes I think of committing suicide," the complainant wrote in the letter.

The letter further made a request for the girl students to be saved. "Due to public shame, no girl student will say anything. Therefore, please take strict action against this monster and provide justice to many girls like me," it said.

The complainant also attached some photos of the professor indulging in obscene activities, police said.

Circle Officer Yogendra Krishna Narain said that the FIR was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) sections 64(2)(rape), 68(sexual intercourse by a person in authority), and 75 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty).

Narain added that a detailed investigation into the matter has been launched and the anonymous complainant is also being traced.

Meanwhile, the secretary of the Hathras college, Pradeep Kumar Bagla, suspended the professor after taking into account the FIR against him.

The accused professor, as per a report from news agency PTI, said that he was facing sexual exploitation allegations for the past 18 months and several investigations into the same were also held.

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