JNU professor Johri gets bail in sexual misconduct case; students protest

The JNU professor was arrested in the sexual harassment case and given bail yesterday; he said students were targetting him for low-attendance complaints

The Jawaharlal Nehru University students were protesting on Wednesday, demanding the suspension of Professor Atul Johri for sexual harassment allegations levelled against him. The protests come after Atul Johri was on Tuesday arrested and then granted bail by Delhi’s Patiala House court within 80 minutes of his arrest.

“We want JNU to suspend him & declare that he cannot enter university premises,” said students.

Duty magistrate Ritu Singh had granted bail to Johri, a professor in the Department of Life Sciences, and directed him to furnish a bail bond of Rs 30,000 for each of the eight first information reports