Mysore varsity in charge V-C held guilty of sexual abuse

DHNS
September 20, 2017

Bengaluru, Sept 20: An internal probe conducted by the University of Mysore (UoM) has found Prof Dayanand Mane, senior professor and in-charge vice-chancellor, guilty of sexual harassment charges levelled by several female students of the varsity.

The Internal Complaints Committee of UoM, which probed the charges of sexual harassment against Mane, has recommended to the varsity to “withdraw/divest Mane of all powered positions, including chairmanship and deanship, with immediate effect”.

The Committee has also recommended to UoM to cancel Mane’s Research Guideship, as “the victims are research scholars”. The Committee, which initiated the probe at the behest of the Karnataka State Women’s Commission on January 21, 2016, met 17 times before submitting its report to the varsity on August 31, 2016. DH has accessed a copy of the report.

The five-member committee headed by professor and chairperson of Food Science and Nutrition, Asna Urooj, has made three major recommendations and 23 observations, despite the main victim turning hostile.

The Committee has observed that Mane has been acting as a sexual predator, victimising female students, especially those from oppressed sections, North Eastern states and from abroad. An unopened packet of condom discovered in his office drawer last year, is one of the main incriminating evidences against him, as per the report.

Witness account

The witnesses -- teaching and non-teaching faculty, and students, who deposed before the Committee -- stated that Mane would verbally abuse his research scholars in derogatory language.

While a student with disabilities was all the time humiliated, another research scholar alleged that he was forced to divorce his wife because of Mane’s conduct, the report stated.

While a Bangladeshi Law student is learnt to have levelled molestation charges against Mane, several female students have complained that he used to call them over phone and offer them rides in his car, the report said.

Secrecy & inaction

The 11-page report was kept under wraps since its submission last August. The then V-C of UoM, K S Rangappa, did not take any action against Mane. Instead, the ICC was dissolved much before its term ended in September 2017. Mane was only acting as the chairman of Department of studies in public administration at that time.

After Rangappa’s term ended in January this year, the committee members submitted a copy of the report to his successor, (acting V-C) Yashvantha Dongre. But he, too, did not act on the report.

Notwithstanding inaction from all quarters, the panel members then sent the report to Governor Vajubhai Vala in January, appealing to him to come to the rescue of scores of female students. Instead, Mane, despite the incriminating evidence against him, was elevated as the varsity’s in-charge V-C in March this year.

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Harschandra
 - 
Thursday, 21 Sep 2017

shame man shame.

 

RAHU attacked KSOU earlier and now it is KETU attacking UOM.

Dr Govinda
 - 
Thursday, 21 Sep 2017

If VC mane has done this, who is to bell the cat ???

 

I doubt it.

Danish
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017

Big shame.. all these happening in education instituion?

Hari
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017

Maniac. u should treat students like your own kids.. Shame on you

Kumar
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017

Recently many news came like this. We parents are scared to send our daughter to school/college

Ganesh
 - 
Wednesday, 20 Sep 2017

Moron... should get proper punishment

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March 27,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 27: Karnataka has recorded the third death due to the Covid-19 virus. It is a man from Tumakuru with a travel history to Delhi. He had been put in isolation at the District Hospital in Tumakuru on March 24.

His travel history indicates that he travelled to New Delhi by the Sampark Kranti Express (Coach S6) on March 5 along with 13 members. They reached Hazrat Nizamuddin station in New Delhi on March 7 and went to the Jamia Masjid and rented an room at a lodge nearby.

He began the return journey to Karnataka by the Kongu Express on March 11 in Coach no. S9. On March 18, he developed cough and fever and visited a private hospital the next day. He was referred to the District Hospital in Tumakuru but on March 24, he left the hospital against medical advice and went to a private medical facility. He was referred back to the District Hospital, where he was put isolation.

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May 26,2020

Newsroom, May 26: A migrant worker died of hunger while a 10-month-old boy suffering from fever and breathing difficulties died negligence in two separate incidents onboard Shramik Special trains in Uttar Pradesh.

The 46-year-old dead migrant worker’s nephew, who was accompanying him, said that the victim had not eaten anything in the last 60 hours.

Raveesh Yadav said that no food or water was provided on the train, which they had boarded from Mumbai to travel to their native place in Jaunpur district in Uttar Pradesh.

Yadav and his uncle were working as construction workers in Mumbai.

Yadav told the paper that the train had left the Lokmanya Terminal in Mumbai, at 7pm on May 20 and arrived at its final stop, Varanasi Cantonment station, at 7.30am on May 23.

“But my uncle, who was complaining of hunger and pain all over his body, fainted half an hour before we reached Varanasi Cantonment and died within a few minutes,” Raveesh was quoted as saying.

He added that he and his uncle were hungry when they boarded the train but could not find food or water to buy.

Railways’ apathy

Meanwhile, the family of 10 month old child, who died in the train, alleged that the railways did not arrange for a doctor despite their repeated pleas.

The railway doctors had been moved to Covid-19 hospitals and by the time a doctor was provided at Tundla railway station, it was too late, the report quoted the child's grandfather, Dev Lal, as saying.

Lal said that the family members had tried to speak to the GRP at many stations, including at Aligarh, where the train had halted. "But they showed no interest and said any help would be available only in Tundla,” Lal said.

Railways officials then took the kin to a quarantine centre in Tundla, as they suspected that the baby had died because of the novel coronavirus.  It was only on Monday that the incident came to light when another individual at the quarantine facility intimated journalists after the condition of the child's mother worsened.

Last November, the mother of the child, Priyanka Devi of Bihar's Notan village in West Champaran, had gone to visit her parents who reside in Noida with the baby, who was then just four months old. Her husband Pramod Kumar is a farmer, the report added.

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andh bakth
 - 
Tuesday, 26 May 2020

Vote for BJP and you need only hindutva dont worry about food, job etc.......jai modiji

very sad for baby:(

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March 8,2020

Udupi, Mar 8: The 75-year old man who was admitted to Udupi District Hospital over suspected Corona Virus infection has tested negative on Saturday.

The reports from Bengaluru Medical College’s laboratory where the samples of the person were sent, confirmed that the aged person was not infected with Corona Virus.

The report was submitted to the District Administration by the laboratory that confirmed that the person was not infected by the viral Corona Virus.

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