AMU PhD scholar attempts suicide, alleges harassment by research supervisor; VC orders probe
In her complaint to the VC, the research scholar alleged that her supervisor and co-supervisor were harassing her on issues of submission of her research thesis, Peerzada said.;
Aligarh: A PhD scholar at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has allegedly attempted suicide after being harassed by supervisors over the submission of her thesis.
The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) vice-chancellor has constituted a two-member enquiry committee to probe the matter of attempted suicide by a female research scholar, officials said.
Nabeela Khanam, a research scholar at the Interdisciplinary Brain Research Centre in the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College of AMU, attempted suicide on Sunday after being allegedly harassed by her supervisor over the submission of her thesis.
Khanam took an overdose of tranquillisers on Sunday night and was rushed to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College hospital in a serious condition, they said.
This incident took place when the AMU scholar was alone at her rented apartment near the campus.
An official while speaking with Times Now said "When her husband returned, he found her unwell and took her to a hospital. At the hospital, the woman gave a written complaint against her supervisors to the hospital administration,".
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