Terming media reports on suspension of five non-teaching staff as "incorrect", a statement by DU Vice Chancellor Dinesh Singh said "the University has learnt that no suspension order has been issued to any employee of the School of Open Learning."
DU's media coordinator Malay Neerav, who had yesterday told the media about the suspension, today said there had been a "communication gap" on the issue.
"There was some communication gap. I had spoken to senior officials of SOL and was informed that five officials were were being suspended. However, no order was passed. So the media reports are incorrect," Neerav said when asked to clarify on the issue.
Irani had said that in public life one should be open to scrutiny and criticism. "So am I," the Minister said on microblogging site Twitter.
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She said "since Delhi University is an autonomous institution, I have put forth my personal appeal to the Vice Chancellor to reinstate the officials".
University sources had yesterday said that its School of Open Learning has suspended five persons on the suspicion that they entered a confidential domain and accessed documents which were leaked.
On the leaking of the documents, the Vice Chancellor said the matter of leakage of information related to the personal records of any student of SOL is viewed with grave concern.
Opposition Congress today attacked the government following reports of suspension of five non-teaching staff of the University, saying the move smacked of "high-handedness" and was a precursor to the way the Centre wanted to conduct the affairs of the nation.