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JNU Professor and MP Angamcha Bimol Faces Dismissal Over Sexual Harassment Allegations
- •Eleven JNU students filed sexual harassment complaints against professor and Congress MP Angamcha Bimol, leading to an internal committee's decision to dismiss him.
- •Students alleged that the professor touched them during viva exams, invited them to his home, and screened adult movies while asking about their feelings.
- •Complainants faced intense pressure to withdraw their complaints, and students accused university bodies of attempting to protect the accused professor.
- •The dismissed professor denied all allegations, claiming he is being targeted for criticizing the handling of ethnic violence in Manipur.
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Following an inquiry by the university's Internal Committee that found him guilty across multiple cases involving 11 female students, JNU dismissed Professor and Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam from service with immediate effect on October 9, 2026, and the Delhi Police subsequently registered an FIR against him on October 11, 2026.
Complainants alleged that the professor engaged in a recurring pattern of inappropriate conduct, including making unwelcome physical contact and sexually suggestive comments during oral examinations, and calling female students to his residence where they were allegedly shown obscene films and questioned about their feelings.
Angomcha Bimol Akoijam rejected all allegations of sexual harassment, claiming that he is being targeted as a 'विच हंट' or witch hunt because of his public criticism of how the ethnic violence in Manipur was handled, and that his dismissal and legal cases are attempts to silence him.
