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Barkha Shukla dubs sexual harassment case against St. Stephen's prof. as 'shameful'

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Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) chief Barkha Shukla Singh on Saturday dubbed the alleged sexual harassment case filed against a professor of St Stephen's College as 'shameful' and called for an investigation over the matter.

"It is a prestigious college and it is shameful if anything such has happened. This matter should be investigated properly and the guilty should be punished" said Shukla.

The Delhi Police has registered a sexual harassment case against a St Stephen's College professor of after a PhD student filed a complaint.

According to reports, the student alleged that the professor had sexually harassed her but the authorities tried to hush up the matter after she complained.

 

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First Published: Jun 20 2015 | 10:25 AM IST

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