New Delhi, Oct. 17 -- Two staff members of South Asian University (SAU) were suspended and "relieved of their responsibilities" on Thursday, four days after students began protests demanding action over the alleged sexual assault of an 18-year-old woman on campus.

The university had informed on Wednesday that a committee had been formed to look into allegations of "victim blaming, insensitive conduct towards the survivor, evidence tampering, deliberate delay in filing the FIR, and failure to call for police assistance and an ambulance in time" against the two staff members named in a memorandum submitted by the SAU student body.

In an order issued on Thursday, the university administration said, "Consequent to the Committee's discussion...