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Mangalore University’s Syndicate also resolves to initiate internal inquiry by a retired district judge
The Syndicate of Mangalore University on Friday resolved to keep M. Jayashankar, a professor in microbiology, who had told police that he had given ₹17.5 lakh to a middleman to get appointed as the vice-chancellor of Raichur University, under suspension pending inquiry by a retired district judge.
In an unanimous resolution passed after much deliberations on the issue at its special meeting, the highest decision making body of the university also authorised the university’s competent authority (Registrar) to initiate an internal inquiry to be completed in six months and issue the order of suspension. The Syndicate said that the act by Mr. Jayashankar amounted to moral turpitude and was unbecoming of a professor of the university. It constituted misconduct and indiscipline.
It is a serious issue that needs discussion: Syndicate member
With pressure mounting on Mangalore University to take the matter of a professor “bribing” a conman to get the post of a vice-chancellor, another Syndicate member, Vivekananda Paniyala, has said that it is a serious issue which needs to be deliberated upon in a special meeting of the Syndicate, which is the highest decision-making body of the university.
He has also sought an inquiry into the case by a committee to be headed by a retired High Court judge.
Professor in Microbiology on the university campus, M. Jayashankar, who is also the Director of the College Development Council of the university, complained to the police last week that he had been cheated of ₹17 lakh by Prasad Attavar who had promised him the post of the vice-chancellor of Raichur University. The police arrested Attavar based on the complaint.
PFI, SDPI involved in anti-national activities; will take strict action: Nalin Kumar Kateel
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December 31, 2020
Mangaluru, Dec 31: Bharatiya Janata Party state president Nalin Kumar Kateel on Thursday hit out at SDPI over the alleged incident of raising pro-Pakistan slogans during victory celebrations in GP elections in Ujire near Mangaluru, saying the incident shown SDPI s anti-national agenda.
Talking to media, Mr Kateel alleged that the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) is now proving that they support terrorism. Members of SDPI can raise slogans like Bharat Mata ki jai, but instead they raised pro-Pak slogans which is condemnable. Outfits like PFI, SDPI have been involved in anti-national activities for long, he said.