The JNUTA on Monday claimed that the suspension of a faculty member on charges of financial embezzlement of over Rs 88 lakh was “orchestrated” by the vice chancellor to hide his own “inaction” and the true scale of financial irregularities. In an emergency meeting of JNU’s Executive Council (EC) held earlier, a decision was taken to suspend and initiate criminal proceedings against a professor and some staff for “alleged misappropriation of funds”, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers’ Association claimed in a statement.
“Both fraud and embezzlement are serious violations of JNU rules, yet the entire exercise, that was clearly orchestrated in the EC by the vice chancellor and whose term ended eight months ago, was nothing but an attempt to hide his own inaction and the true scale of financial irregularities caused by the administration’s wanton mis-management of public funds over the last five years,” the statement read.
An immediate reaction was not available from the university. Elaborating further, they said there was no disciplinary enquiry ordered against the accused persons despite the recommendations of the Fact-Finding Committee (FFC) constituted to investigate the matter. “… the JNU EC was advised that the inquiry and investigation against the charged persons be outsourced to the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) and to the police. “The EC has done so without even examining whether such a matter falls within the CVC’s domain.
