Jawaharlal Nehru University has suspended a Ph D scholar, who has been accused of rape by a fellow student, and declared the campus out of bounds for him pending an inquiry. The action came after the students and teachers staged protests demanding action against Ratan to ensure safety of women on the campus and send out a strong message of intolerance towards such incidents.
A 28-year-old research student has alleged that a fellow student, Anmol Ratan, raped her after offering her a spiked drink in his hostel room in the university on 20th of this month.
Ratan, an activist of the All India Students’ Association, has also been expelled from the student outfit. After evading arrest, first, Ratan subsequently surrendered on the 24th of this month. He was sent to 14 days judicial custody.