In an official order, Dr Surajit Bhagawati, principal of ADP College, Nagaon was placed under suspension with immediate effect by director of Higher Education, Assam DK Mili on Wednesday. The concerned authority initiated the action on the basis of a complaint filed by one contractual teacher and another of the college.
Significantly, in the order, he was also asked not to leave the headquarters without prior permission of the authority concerned.
It is pertinent to mention that two female teachers of the college filed two separate cases against Dr Surajit Bhagawati in Nagaon PS over personal humiliation as well as sexual harassment. Besides, Dr Bhagawati also filed another case against one of those two female teachers and alleged that she tried to blackmail him for not providing a chance to appear in an interview which was scheduled to fill up a post of lecturer in Botany department.
On the other hand, Nagaon Sadar Police led by OC Monuj Rajbongshi arrested Dr Surajit Bhagawati from Ambari area on Wednesday evening while he was taking shelter at the house of his elder sister, sources said that police immediately executed medical tests in Guwahati and made arrangements to bring him back to Nagaon PS on Wednesday night itself for further legal proceedings.
