Indranil Manna, Director of IIT Kanpur said, "It had been 48 hours since Gajbhiye was arrested by the CBI, so the IIT administration held a meeting and suspended him today evening."
Gajbhiye, who was the first Vice Chancellor of Hari Singh Gour Central University, was arrested for allegedly rigging faculty recruitment.
A CBI team from Jabalpur had arrested Gajbhiye on February 23 from IIT Kanpur's Chemistry Department in the presence of Dean of Faculty Affairs.
A special court in Japalpur sent Gajbhiye to two days of CBI remand yesterday.