The Osmania University (OU) police have registered a fresh case against four students of English and Foreign Languages University (EFLU) for allegedly harassing and humiliating a visually impaired faculty member on the campus.
Inspector of OU police P. Anjaneyulu said the students were booked following a complaint from assistant professor of the Department of English Literature Y. Suresh Babu.
Mr. Suresh Babu complained that the students prevented him from leaving the university’s administrative block after work on October 31. “He also said that the students’ actions amounted to a violation of human rights and the rights of persons with disabilities. We have registered cases under sections 342 (wrongful confinement) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the IPC and Section 92(a) (atrocities against persons with disability) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act,” said the official.
