Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam appeared before the Delhi Police on Thursday in connection with a sexual harassment case while he was serving as a Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) professor.
The Inner Manipur MP joined the investigation at the Vasant Kunj North police station after the Delhi Police served him a notice on Wednesday.
The case was registered against Akoijam on October 11 based on a complaint by JNU’s chief security officer. He has been booked under sections 75, 75(1)(i), 75(1)(iv) and 79 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which cover sexual harassment and acts intended to insult a woman’s modesty, among other offences.
A large number of Akoijam’s supporters gathered at Imphal airport in the afternoon to see him off as he left for Delhi to appear before the police.
Akoijam was a professor at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems under JNU’s School of Social Sciences. The university dismissed him on October 9 following an inquiry into sexual harassment allegations against him.
According to reports, at least 11 female students filed complaints against him in May. They alleged that he invited students to his campus residence on the pretext of meetings or gatherings and tried to harass them. Some students also alleged that he made obscene and inappropriate remarks in class.
Cong MP Bimol Akoijam appears before Delhi police in JNU sexual harassment case
