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Probe against English and Foreign Languages University dons
TNN | Nov 16, 2011, 03.37AM IST
HYDERABAD: The Osmania University (OU) police on Monday recorded the
statements of two English and Foreign Languages University (Eflu)
professors for allegedly abusing a Dalit student in the name of his
caste and forcing him to quit studies.
R Jayamurugan, a Dalit student pursuing BA II year (German) at the
Eflu, was allegedly harassed by professors of German department,
Meenakshi Reddy and Adrian Francis, by failing him consistently in his
semester examinations and forcing him to discontinue the course. A
complaint was filed by Karthik Navayan, an activist, on behalf of the
student with the National Human Rights Commission.
The OU police summoned the professors as they received a letter from
NHRC directing them to enquire into the allegations.
On August 16, Meenakshi Reddy, dean of German department, allegedly
asked 26-year-old Jayamurugan to get out of the class after verbally
abusing him, according to police.
"According to Murugan, Meenakshi Reddy said that he should rather take
up his caste (pallan) profession than waste university money," OU
inspector P Ashok said.
Murugan claimed he was failed four times in Culture and Civilization
of the third semester by Adrian Francis intentionally. "According to
Murugan, the professor once remarked that he (Murugan) managed to get
admission in Eflu only because of reservations," the inspector said.
Murugan added that because of the harassment, he left the university
and went back to his home town.
In their statements, the professors denied making any casteist
comments. However, police said that there were some eyewitnesses to
the derogatory comments made by the professors. "Some eyewitnesses
confirmed the statement given by Murugan and the same will be
mentioned in the report to be sent to the human rights commission this
week," the inspector added.
Meanwhile, other students of the university have also come up with
similar allegations against Meenakshi Reddy. "I have secured an A
grade in English, but I was failed in German. The professor was rude
to me several times," a BA III semester student said.
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