Bengaluru professor arrested for 'proposing' MBBS student in classroom

BENGALURU: What began arsenic a bizarre schoolroom occurrence has present escalated into a superior transgression case, with constabulary arresting a aesculapian assemblage prof for allegedly proposing to a pupil during a lecture—an enactment that sparked outrage, protests, and unit connected campus. The accused, identified arsenic Abdul Rehman Sharif, attached to the Department of Microbiology, was arrested precocious Thursday night. A elder constabulary serviceman confirmed the arrest, adding that further probe is underway. The main of the college, Divakar SV, filed a ailment with the Nelamangala Rural Police Station connected Thursday afternoon. The contention erupted astatine Sri Siddhartha Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre successful T Begur adjacent Nelamangala, successful Bengaluru Rural district, aft videos of the incident—recorded by students—went viral connected Thursday.

The assemblage is governed by a spot chaired by authorities location curate G. Parameshwara, according to its website.

The ailment states that, pursuing earlier allegations of inappropriate behaviour, the prof had been issued a announcement directing him to look for questioning and was specifically instructed not to participate the assemblage premises. However, successful usurpation of these directions, helium allegedly entered the field connected March 23.

During his beingness connected campus, the prof is accused of forcibly holding the manus of a pupil and behaving successful an indecent mode successful some the day and evening. The incidental reportedly caused panic and disorder among students, disrupted the world environment, and raised superior concerns astir information connected campus. The main further alleged that the professor’s actions not lone amounted to harassment but besides trespass, arsenic helium ignored explicit instructions to enactment distant from the institution. Copies of complaints submitted by students person besides been attached to the constabulary ailment arsenic supporting evidence. TOI had earlier reported that 3 videos recorded connected students’ mobile phones were wide circulated. In the footage, the prof is seen addressing a schoolroom from the podium astir 12 p.m. connected March 25, arsenic indicated by the timestamp, claiming helium “couldn’t defy the immense love” from the batch and announcing that helium wished to suggest to “one of the astir important girls” successful the class. He past said “I emotion you” to the pupil and arranged for chocolates to beryllium distributed among classmates. The pupil instantly objected, asking him to instrumentality the substance to the principal. What followed was a heated exchange, with the prof insisting that she had earlier confessed her feelings and adjacent claiming determination was CCTV footage to beryllium it. The pupil demanded that helium nutrient the footage. The prof past walked out, saying helium would talk to her the adjacent day.

However, tensions escalated rapidly. Within minutes, the confrontation spilled onto the campus, wherever an agitated radical of students allegedly chased and assaulted him. The miss reportedly struck him with her slipper, portion others joined in, verbally abusing and physically attacking him. The prof yet fled the scene. Based connected the ailment filed by the principal, a lawsuit has been registered nether the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Sections 74 (assault oregon usage of transgression unit against a pistillate with intent to outrage her modesty), 75(1) (sexual harassment), and 329 (criminal trespass and house-trespass).