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After TNIE report, DME appoints panel to probe harassment plaints
The New Indian Express Tirunelveli
|May 20, 2025
A day after TNIE reported on the year-long delay in inquiring the sexual harassment complaints against the head of the department of oral pathology at the Government Dental College in Chennai, the Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DME) has formed a three-member committee to investigate the allegations and submit a detailed report within 7 days.
Dr J Sangumani, director of medical education and research, told TNIE, "We have constituted a three-member committee to probe the complaints and submit a report in 7 days." He further said they have represented to the government to transfer the alleged offender, till the inquiry is over, to the Pudukottai Government Dental College.
This story is from the May 20, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Tirunelveli.
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