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.Acting on govt’s communication, vice-chancellor Prof Sonia Nityanand has called an emergency meeting of the university’s executive council on Nov 6 to consider disciplinary proceedings under the provisions of the KGMU Act, 2002, and the university’s statutes.A letter from the medical education department has directed the university to take appropriate steps against those named in the report and submit an action-taken report to govt.The STF inquiry was submitted after an extensive probe involving nursing staff, resident doctors and faculty members in Gandhi Ward, microbiology, pathology and radiology 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 first case relates to a complaint by a junior resident doctor from the pathology department against a fellow resident doctor. The FIR, filed at Chowk police station on Dec 23, 2025, alleges prolonged physical and mental harassment, pressure to convert and marry, and repeated assaults after refusal.The accused was arrested on Jan 9, 2026, and the report notes that KGMU’s internal complaints committee also found him guilty.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 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.
