AMU prof lectures on rape in Hindu myths: cops register FIR

Police on Wednesday registered an FIR against an Aligarh Muslim University professor who referred to examples of rape in Hindu mythology during a forensic science class, provoking accusations of hurting religious sentiments.

The university has suspended the professor, who offered an apology for the inadvertent mistake.

According to AMU officials, Dr Jitendra Kumar, an assistant professor at AMUs Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, made the references to rape in mythology while conducting a class on medical jurisprudence.

He was served a show cause notice asking him to explain within 24 hours why disciplinary action should not be taken against him. The university authorities also set up a two-member probe committee, but he was suspended pending the outcome of the inquiry, an official told

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