VC calls EC meet after UP govt asks KGMU to act on STF report: The wider industry impact

VC calls EC meet after UP govt asks KGMU to act on STF report: The wider industry impact

Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh govt has directed King George’s Medical University (KGMU) to initiate action against faculty members and employees named in the inquiry report filed by the special task force that makes allegations of sexual exploitation, harassment, pressure for religious conversion and suppression of complaints in various departments.

The report cites complaints by at least 11 individuals and recommends departmental action against those found prima facie involved. At the centre of the report are two criminal cases registered in Dec 2025. The second FIR was lodged at Kaiserbagh police station on Dec 29, 2025, on the complaint of a nursing staff member against a resident doctor.

The first case relates to a complaint by a junior resident doctor from the pathology department against a fellow resident doctor. The complainant alleged sexual exploitation on the promise of marriage and subsequent refusal to marry. In the nursing services section, allegations involve three accused staff members/doctors and four women employees. The microbiology department section refers to a complaint by a contractual computer operator against a department employee. The pathology department has the highest number of allegations, naming one resident doctor accused by multiple women doctors.

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