Panel seeks report on assistant professor’s thrashing at PGIMS, Rohtak

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, September 17

The Haryana State Commission for Women has sought the action-taken report from the Vice-Chancellor of Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma University of Health Sciences, Rohtak, regarding the thrashing of a woman faculty member of Rohtak PGIMS by women security guards at the office of the PGIMS director.

The complainant, who is serving as an assistant professor at the Department of Biochemistry at PGIMS, was aggrieved at the adverse comments made on her annual confidential report (ACR) by the head of the department and went to meet the PGIMS director on September 3.

An altercation allegedly broke out between the complainant and the security guards there following which the woman faculty member was allegedly beaten up by some women security guards. The matter came to light after some videos of the thrashing incident went viral on social media.

The assistant professor had written to the UHS authorities in January, mentioning that the HoD was likely to spoil her ACR, she was on anti-depressant and anti-epileptic medication and she could be driven to suicide.

However, no action has been taken on her complaint by the authorities “concerned”.

Meanwhile, a recent meeting of the UHS executive council decided to get a medical board constituted to assess the mental health of the assistant professor.