New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Delhi Police have issued a clarification regarding a complaint of assault reported on January 19 this year at the Jamia Millia Islamia (JMI) Polytechnic, stating that there was no religious conversion angle involved in the case and termed such claims as "misleading and baseless."

According to the police, an employee of JMI Polytechnic had lodged a complaint against an Associate Professor of the Civil Engineering Department, alleging physical assault, manhandling, and the use of caste-based slurs and abuses. The complaint also stated that a physical scuffle occurred on campus.

The complainant, identified as Ramphool Meena, is working as an Upper Division Clerk (UDC) at JMI Polytechnic. Based on his complaint, an FIR...