A professor at a private university in Maharashtra’s Nagpur has been suspended and a police case registered towards him for allegedly making sexual advances in the direction of female students.
The matter came to mild when college students lodged a complaint against the professor at the Pachpaoli police station in Nagpur, on the basis of which a case was once registered.
According to the police complaint, Professor Rakesh Gedam, head of the laptop science branch at Dada Ramchand Bakhru Sindhu Mahavidyalaya, allegedly demanded sexual favours from the female college students in his department in exchange for top marks, and threatened to fail them if they refused. He additionally touched some students inappropriately.
Office bearers of the Yuva Sena, the youth wing of the Shiv Sena, raised the be counted earlier than university authorities. Following this, a range of female college students got here ahead to inn complaints towards Gedam.
The college administration suspended Professor Gedam in the wake of the allegations against him. He is absconding. Police are on the lookout for the accused.
Sanjay Mendhe, Senior Inspector, Pachpaoali Police Station advised Aaj Tak/India Today that the declaration of three students who were allegedly targeted via Gedam have been recorded in the case. He also appealed to other victims to come forward.
