Chandigarh, Sept. 25 -- The management committee of DAV College, Sector 10, has dismissed botany assistant professor Uday Bhan Singh after allegations of sexual harassment by at least five female students, including a minor.

As per officials, this is the first such dismissal of a teacher at any Chandigarh college.

A letter issued by the general secretary-cum-member of the management committee - the governing body of the college - announced the teacher's sacking and ordered that all his benefits be forfeited.

The college's Internal Complaints Committee (ICC), constituted under the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013, had conducted a detailed probe into the students' complaint, filed ...