Hyderabad: The Osmania University police arrested Dr K. Bhaskarachary, a scientist at the National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), for alleged sexual harassment of a girl student.
Osmania University police inspector G. Jagan said Bhaskarachary, a Grade E scientist and PhD supervisor, has been suspended by NIN. The NIN had carried out an internal inquiry, and the report would be submitted to the Indian Council of Medical Research.
The Women’s Forum on Thursday had demanded Bhaskarachary’s immediate arrest.
Forum president P.M. Lakshmi said. “We have been going from pillar to post. We are happy that he has been arrested.”
On May 10, NIN director Dr R. Hemalatha had received a written complaint from the student based on which she constituted a high-powered committee to probe the matter and suspended him.
Following the charges of the student, from West Bengal who is pursuing her masters in science (Applied Nutrition), the scientist was booked under the Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.
