New Delhi: Jamia Millia Islamia has dismissed an assistant professor after police arrested him on a rape complaint on Tuesday. He allegedly raped a woman, promising marriage.
In an official statement issued on Wednesday, the university said the accused teacher was a contractual employee of the political science department.
The administration dismissed him after receiving the confirmation of his arrest, following the complaint at New Friends Colony police station.
“Jamia Millia Islamia has a zero-tolerance policy for any form of violence against women. We express our strongest condemnation of the alleged incident,” the university stated. ” Jamia Millia Islamia has a duly constituted internal complaints committee under POSH Act — Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013,” it said, adding that it also takes steps to create awareness about the committee to make it accessible to all stakeholders.
On Tuesday, police arrested the assistant professor from Jamia Nagar. Police said the woman lodged the complaint several weeks ago, and the case was registered on Tuesday.
According to her statement, they met each other on a matrimonial website last year and started living together after he promised to marry her.
When she asked him later to marry her, he refused.
