Karnal Medical College students' sexual harassment case: OT technician found guilty, suspended from services

Karnal: Following the sexual and mental harassment case of paramedical students at Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (KCGMC), the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Committee has found the accused OT technician guilty of the charges and recommended the termination of his services with immediate effect.

Hence, the government has taken immediate action against the accused by suspending him. Although the government has done its part, it is now up to the students and their parents to file a police complaint since the committee cannot lodge an FIR without the victims' complaint.

After the investigation held by the internal committee of the college was complete, a report explaining the details of the incident was submitted to the Haryana Vidhan Sabha Committee.

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In response to this, a meeting was held in Gurugram on Friday chaired by the chairperson of the committee, MLA Seema Trikha and five other members to discuss the ruling of the accused.

Analysing the report which also held the OT technician guilty of the charges, the committee recommended his suspension with immediate effect.

Medical dialogues team had previously reported the incident in January. A complaint was filed against an OT technician by the paramedical students of the college accusing him of sexual and mental harassment.

The students of the BSc (OT technician) first-year batch filed a written complaint with the Barkhal MLA Seema Trikha, who is a chairperson of the committee which conducted the inspection. The matter came to the fore following a review by a committee of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha, which consisted of around 11 members including the Assandh MLA Shamsher Singh, Kalavali MLA Shishpal Singh and Baroda MLA Indu Raj Narwal.

Further, they also submitted a complaint to the chief minister in which they observed that the technician had been harassing them physically and mentally for the past few months. They accused him of luring students by promising them a job at the PGIMER, Chandigarh.

He allegedly offered a Vrindavan tour from January 22 to 26 and promised attendance. However, when the students refused his offer, he reportedly began harassing them. He was accused of making double-meaning filthy jokes and using abusive language towards women students.

Congress MLA from Assandh Shamsher Singh Gogi, who is also a member of the Vidhan Sabha committee, told HT “The report has held him (OT technician) guilty of sexual and mental harassment of several girl students. The Vidhan Sabha committee has recommended strict action against him, and he should be terminated with immediate effect.”

Commenting on this, Dr Jagdish Dureja, Director, KCGMC, said “The accused has been suspended and a chargesheet was being prepared against him. We will take further action against him as per the directions of the government,” said the Director.

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