New Delhi: The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested professor Atul Johri of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in an alleged sexual harassment case.
The students of the university had been demanding the arrest of the professor for a couple of days now.
“Four days after eight women students came forward with sexual harassment complaints against the professor, no action has been taken against him and just one FIR has been lodged,” Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU) vice president Simone Zoya Khan had said earlier.
Besides the students, JNU professors too had been demanding action against Johri. Accusing the police of disregarding the procedures, 54 professors of the university had earlier on Tuesday demanded registration of separate FIRs on the basis of all eight sexual harassment complaints against Johri.
The students had raised slogans against the university officials and Delhi Police. A scuffle had broken out when some of them had tried to break the barricades put up by the police.
The police had registered eight FIRs against Johri. “We have recorded the statements of the complainants. A few more female students have approached the police and levelled similar allegations against Johri. The investigation is being closely monitored by Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police Monika Bhardwaj,” Joint Commissioner of Police Ajay Chaudhary had said earlier.
The students had accused the police of shielding Johri from arrest.