India, Nov. 10 -- The University of Hyderabad (UoH) on Monday launched formal investigation on the conduct of one of their assistant professor, accused of casteist remarks against an alumnus. Students burnt the professors effigies even as the university administration, attempts to resolve the manner internally.

An official complaint has been filed against Dr. Vijaya Ramadas Mandala, an Associate Professor in the university's Department of History, over an email in which the latter was allegedly addressed as "Dalit untouchable idiot" . The assistant professor also went on to refer students from Bihar and Jharkhand as "third-rate, poverty-ridden idiots" over his email.

The complaint was filed by Subodh Kumar, an alumnus of the UoH. Kumar,...