No transfer recommended in ICC report

The Internal Complaints Committee of the Odisha college where a 20-year old woman student died last week after an attempt at self-immolation did not recommend the transfer of Samir Sahoo, the professor the student accused of sexually harassing her, documents reviewed by Hindustan Times show.

- Debabrata Mohanty

The ICC set up after the woman lodged a complaint on July 1 started its probe on July 3 and submitted its report on the evening of July 9. The woman attempted self-immolation on July 12, and died on July 14.

Two members of the committee, Gopamudra Mohapatra of NGO Balasore Narisangha and Minati Sethi, professor of English at the college said on Monday that though they did not find any evidence of sexual harassment during the probe, they recommended the transfer of head of the department of teachers' education Samir Kumar Sahoo as there were evidence that he mistreated students.