Lecturer's suicide over sexual harassment allegations: HED probe finds college principal negligent.

LAHORE -- A four-member committee constituted to probe into the suicide matter of an MAO College lecturer and sexual harassment allegations against the deceased, found the principal guilty of showing negligence in handling the issue, recommending his removal from the post.

Muhammad Afzal, a lecturer in English at the MAO College, had committed suicide by consuming poisonous pills after the college administration denied him a clearance certificate following an inquiry declared him innocent and the sexual harassment allegations leveled against him by a girl student proved wrong on July 8, 2019.

The inquiry into the incident was led by a Sciences Dean Dr Aaliya Rehman Khan, which had concluded that Afzal had not harassed anyone. The lecturer kept demanding a 'clearance certificate' reportedly from the college principal and the chairman of the anti-harassment committee, but to no avail. He was informed that the report had been submitted to the principal's office on July 13, 2019.

The lecturer tried to get a copy of the report and the clearance certificate for more than three months, but in vain.

Finally, Afzal's wife left him on Oct 8 over the issue and he committed suicide on Oct 9, 2019 after writing a note for Dr Aaliya that said he was 'leaving the matter to God'.

His death raised several questions on such false allegations and the plight of the...

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