Clerk transferred in PU sexual harassment case

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 17th July, 2019

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Amarjot KaurTribune News ServiceChandigarh, July 16The clerk against whom some 25 research scholars from a department in Panjab University (PU) and PURSA (Panjab University Research Scholars Association) levelled charges of sexual harassment was transferred to PU’s Publication Bureau today. PU Registrar Prof Karamjit Singh shared, “I had already signed his transfer letter on Monday evening and he probably received the letter today. The clerk is essentially a ‘daftari’, an erstwhile job title for a ‘filer’. “The clerk is resorting to cheap tactics, which amounts to sexual harassment as per the definition of PUCASH,” the letter stated. “He would find a chance to touch us and each time he did, we felt uncomfortable..