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Professor Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras Photo By Reuters
By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Apr 9 | Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras, an openly Gay professor who was suspended on charges of \"gross misconduct\" on campus following his homosexual act with a rickshaw puller, from teaching duties and forced to leave his university provided housing, and who had recently had his reinstatement ordered by a local appellate court, has been found dead.
A spokesperson for Orinam.net, an Indian LGBT organisation dedicated to assisting Gay & Lesbian Indians has demanded an impartial investigation into the mysterious death of Dr. Siras.
A statement released by a coalition of organisations working for LGBT rights along with Orinam read:
\"We, as concerned citizens -- and for many of us, as gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered Indians ourselves -- express our shock, outrage and deep sadness at the loss of a teacher, a loyal member of the AMU community, a gay man, and a kind, gentle soul.We demand that the police conduct a full, fair and impartial investigation into the cause of death. A step in the right direction has been taken by sending his body for a post-mortem examination. The results of this examination must be made public immediately,\" the statement said.
\"That Dr Siras had to undergo the trauma, fear, harassment and humiliation in his own beloved university in what would turn out to be his last weeks is condemnable. If these events and that trauma are in any way linked to his death, then all actors involved must be held culpable,\" it added.
Siras was found dead in his home on Wednesday with blood oozing out of his mouth. The death of professor Siras is a mystery with local provincial police today saying it could be a case of suicide or heart attack |
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Ask the Indian president to act against Aligarh Muslim University administration now!
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To: The President of India
Smt Pratibha Patil
Rashtrapati Bhavan,
New Delhi 110,001
8 April 2010
Madam President,
On behalf of the Integrated Network of Sexual Minorities (INFOSEM), the largest network of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender groups in India, we urge you to take immediate note of the unnatural death of Dr Srinivas Ramachandra Siras, 64, Reader and Chair of Modern Indian Languages at Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), in Aligarh on Thursday, April 7, 2010. We urge you to take immediate steps to get justice for a gentle, law-abiding and dignified professor against the harassment and ill-treatment meted out to him by the Aligarh Muslim University in the weeks leading to his death.
We demand that you --
• Immediately suspend the Vice-Chancellor of Aligarh Muslim University till further notice.
• Demand a transparent and open autopsy of the body of the late professor to determine the exact nature of the death and the circumstances that caused it.
• A sitting judge enquire into the circumstances that led to the unlawful suspension of Dr Siras.
• Constitute an enquiry by a sitting judge or by the CBI into the financial dealings of the Vice Chancellor.
INFOSEM demands that as Chancellor of AMU, you must rule that AMU respect the rights of its faculty and students, especially their privacy in matters of sex, sexuality and gender. We hope that these demands are settled through your intervention at the earliest so that justice is not just deemed to be done but also seen to have been done in memory of a helpless and harassed teacher of one of the universities under your jurisdiction.
Regards,
INFOSEM members & friends
Background:
Dr Shrinivas Ramchandra Siras was a professor at Aligharh Muslim University, India. The university suspended him for \"misonduct\" and \"immoral sexual acivity\" in the privacy of his home, based on a video where he had been, without consent, filmed having gay sex. The university started an inquiry against him and also forced him out of his university accommodation. Some people on the AMU faculty believe that the University was trying to divert attention from the negative publicity it had received with the recent inquiry ordered by the President of India, Pratibha Patil, after instances of financial bungling and mismanagement came to light. The list of charges against the VC include spending close to Rs2 crore in refurbishing the VC’s residence, improper claims of travelling allowances and adoption of improper tendering practices.
The police registered Dr Siras\'s FIR about the various offences committed against him including criminal intimidation, assault, trespass and wrongful confinement only when pressure was brought upon them. Dr Siras had moved the Allahabad High Court and last week it had stayed his suspension, ordered his reinstatement and the return to him of his accommodation. On 7 April, he was found dead in mysterious circumstances. He had been dead for 2-3 days apparently.
Sincerely,
The Undersigned
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Dr.Siras tragic death is a warning signal to all those who work in AMU.Harrasment of Dr.Siras is the sequel and continuation of the harassment at workplace being done by AmU Administartion since many years.
The present administartion has crossed all limit.Finance Officer in the capacity of MiC property gave orders to cutt off the electricity and water in the house of Siras in medicla colony.This is the utter violation of human rights even the notorious criminals and offenders and not liable for such punishment.
Dr. Siras Curse would show the dust to the administation very soon. |
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You may contact Mr Sajjad hyder VP,NTSA or read the Hinhustan hindi edition dated 10-4-2010 on page 10 for details of the contempt case. |
Today's Hindustan does carry the news |
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the lady in question is Tazeem fatima of law faculty for your clarification |
One should not depend on hear-say and rumours the lady has not done anything wrong then how can she be terminated |
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