Jamia Millia suspends professor after question about ‘atrocities against Muslim minorities’ in exam

Jamia Millia Islamia university on Tuesday suspended a professor from the Department of Social Work after receiving complaints about a question on “atrocities against Muslim minorities in India” in an undergraduate examination paper, reported The Indian Express.

The institute said that it would ask the police to register a first information report against Virendra Balaji Shahare, who had set the question paper, according to the newspaper.

The question, which appeared in a paper titled Social Problems in India, read: “Discuss the atrocities against Muslim minorities in India giving suitable example.”

The question was asked to students in their first semester of the Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Social Work programme in an exam held on Sunday.

In an order on Tuesday, the office of the registrar stated that it had received complaints regarding the contents of the end-semester paper and described the question as “lapses on the part of” Shahare.

“The Competent Authority, JMI, has taken a serious view on the negligence and carelessness on the part of Prof Virendra Balaji Shahare, Department of Social Work,” the order was quoted as having said.

It added that an inquiry committee would examine the contents of the question paper. The professor would be required to remain in Delhi during his suspension.

The Delhi University Teachers’ Association alleged that the question promoted a...

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